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The National Fossil Wood Park, Tiruvakkarai is a notified National Geo-heritage Monument located in the Villupuram District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and is maintained by the Geological Survey of India. [1] The park was established in 1940 [2] and is located 1 km east of Thiruvakkarai [3] [4] village on the road between Tindivanam and ...
In 2016 while digging a pond the villagers of Amkhoi village, near Ilambazar, found some large bone-like structures. Later it was established that the bone-like structures were actually wood fossils. Fossilized or petrified wood is often considered as semi-precious ‘stones’ and often used in jewellery — fetching a good market value. [2]
Akal Wood Fossil Park is a National Geological Monument of India located in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan. [2] It is also a Biodiversity Heritage Site . It is 21 hectares in extent and is located in Akal village, 17–18 km southeast of Jaisalmer city, and 1 km off the NH-68 Jaisalmer- Barmer road, on a stretch of about 10 km 2 of bare hillside ...
English: This piece of petrified wood was found near Monarch Boulevard in southeastern Highlands Ranch and is an example of petrified wood as found in the northern portions of the Cherokee Ranch petrified forest. The piece is picture in situ. Many other wood fossils in this area can be found protruding from the ground and sometimes laying atop it.
Prior to her 1999 death, Tweet Kimball had arranged for her property at Cherokee Ranch to be preserved, including the petrified forest. [3] Kimball's grave is marked by a large piece of petrified wood taken from Cherokee Mountain on the property. [4] From 2005 onward, large quantities of petrified wood were identified.
National Fossil Wood Park, Sathanur [1] is a National Geo-heritage Monument of India [2] [3] [4] located at Sathanur in Perambalur district, Tamil Nadu.This park is located within Sathanur panchayat and has a fossilized tree trunk, which was discovered in 1940 by the geologist M. S. Krishnan of the Geological Survey of India, who hailed from Tanjore.
Chunk of petrified wood near El Kurru (Northern Sudan) Petrified log and Welwitschia at Namibia Petrified forest. Egypt – petrified forest in Cairo-Suez road, declared a national protectorate by the ministry of environment, also in the area of New Cairo at the Extension of Nasr City, El Qattamiyya, near El Maadi district, and Al Farafra oasis ...
Petrified palmwood is a favorite of rock collectors because it is replaced by silica and exhibits well-defined rod-like structures and variety of colors. As a result, it exhibits a wide range of colors and designs when cut that can be incorporated into jewelry and other ornamental items.