-
unusually high
mineral content. This
process of
petrifying is not to be
confused with
petrification,
wherein the
constituent molecules of the original...
- The
Petrified Forest is a 1936
American crime drama film
directed by
Archie Mayo and
based on
Robert E. Sherwood's 1934
drama of the same name. The motion...
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Petrified wood (from
Ancient Gr**** πέτρα
meaning 'rock' or 'stone';
literally 'wood
turned into stone'), is the name
given to a
special type of fossilized...
- Lithification –
Geologic process Petrifaction in
mythology and
fiction Petrifying well – Body of
water with high
mineral content Substitution pseudomorph –...
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Petrified Forest National Park is a
national park of the
United States in
Navajo and
Apache counties in
northeastern Arizona.
Named for its
large deposits...
- history. It was a 10-foot-tall (3.0 m),
roughly 3,000
pound purported "
petrified man",
uncovered on
October 16, 1869, by
workers digging a well behind...
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Palmoxylon (
petrified palmwood) is an
extinct genus of palm
named from
petrified wood
found around the world. This
genus is
known in the
fossil record...
-
wooden structures had
turned to stone, thus the
designation "
petrification" or
sometimes "
petrified carpentry" for this process. This
careful preservation of...
- Earlier, in the 19th
century it was also
known as Sansadhara, or the
petrifying forest. This
place is
situated on the
banks of the
small river, Baldi...
- Knaresborough,
North Yorkshire, England, near the
River Nidd.
Nearby is a
petrifying well, also
known as a
dropping well. The
latter is the
oldest tourist...
