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Blue Forest, Eden Valley, Wyoming Petrified Wood Page
This Wyoming Petrified Wood was formed from plants living about 50 million years ago . The rock exhibits features not found in fossil wood anywhere else in the world. The petrification process for this area involved shallow "algae growing" lakes. In many cases, for undetermined reasons, the wood came to be in this water in its live condition before it had a chance to dry out and look like old dead wood. This wood became coated with algae which adhered to the surface making a cast or mold around the wood. Later the wood dried and shrunk in the mold made of algae . Over time these algae casts became part of a layered rock formation. Silica-rich water solutions seeping through the rock then petrified the wood and filled in the spaces left between the dried wood and the hardened cast with agate, calcite, and quartz.
Petrifying process: As the agate coated the inside surface of the algae cast, perfect impressions of the bark were left in the agate. Thus there are some rocks that show two 50 million year old "pictures" of the same plant -- one picture of how the plant looked alive and another after it died and dried out!
Wormholes: Because the petrification process seems to have been "protected" by the algae cast formation, unusually detailed representations of the wood have been preserved. Lichens exquisite representations of bark both live and dried out have been preserved. Worm holes, insect borings, woodpecker holes, and other events have been observed in the petrified wood. Even very rare lichen fossils and small clam shells have been duplicated in the agate.
Below are some of the "Best in Collector Specimens"
Real fine
Item #30-BB
Collectors Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood
cut & polished limb cast- Approx. size 4.5" x 6" x 5" - 8 lbs -
$ SOLD
Just too cool to rule!
Item #32-BB
Blue Forest Wyoming
Petrified Wood cut & polished 2 sides limb cast -- Approx. size 5" x 6" x 3" -
6 lbs - $ SOLD
Outstanding cast!
Item #33-BB
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast
- Approx. size 2.5" x 3.5" x 8 " - 4 lbs. -
$ SOLD
SPECIAL TODAY!
Item #34-BB
An Outstanding Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & contour polished limb cast - Approx. sizes ea. 2" x 3" x 4" - 575.3 grams -
$ 57.00
a real fine one
Item #35-BB
Outstanding Blue Forest
Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast- Approx. size 2.5" x 4.5" x 7" - 5 lbs - $ SOLD
Oh, This one!
Item #36-BB
Outstanding Blue Forest
Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished round slab - Approx. size 4" x 4.5" x 1.5" - 1.25 lbs- $ SOLD
Too much!
Item #37-SLN
Awesome Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut and polished limb cast - Approx. size 3" x 4"
x 5.25" - 3.5 lbs - $ 160.00
Spectacular - Wow!
Item #39-BB
Beautiful Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished 2 ends limb cast - Approx. size 4" x 4.5" x 4"
- 4.5 lb. - $ SOLD
Cherry.
Item #40-BB
Cool Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 3" x 3"
x 3" - 3 lbs. - $ 110.00
This is Awesome !
Item #41-BB
Outstanding Blue Forest
Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 3" x 4" x 1.5" - 1.25 lbs. - $ 65.00
Mossy fine !
Item #42-BB
Outstanding Blue Forest
Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 2" x 2 " x 4" - 1 lbs - $ 45.00
Now this is some real beauty.
Item #43-BB
Beautiful Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut and polished limb cast - Approx. size 2" x 2.5"
x 2" - 290 grams $ 45.00
This is way strange Structure!
Item #44-BB
An Outstanding Gem of Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 2.25" x 4"
x 2.5" - 1.5 lbs. - $ 70.00
Spectacular - Wow!
Item #45-SLN
Beautiful Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 2" x 2.5" x 1.5"
- 261 grams. - $ 50.00
A Cherryist of a Specimen.
Item #46-BB
Magnifico Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 2.5" x 3.5" x 3"
- 2.5 lbs- $ 120.00
The Special one.
Item #47-SLN
Magnifico Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished round - Approx. size 5" x 6" x 3.5"
- 3+ lbs- $ SOLD
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