Petrified Wood - Kissimmee, FL
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lazyCachers
N 28° 19.872 W 081° 30.919
17R E 449488 N 3133999
Located in Old Town Kissimmee just outside the Black Market Minerals store in Kissimmee, FL.
Waymark Code: WM9BR1
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2010
Views: 17
The plaque states:
This petrified wood is over 80,000,000 years old. The trees originally grew in the Triassic Period. After the tree died, it was buried by sediment and saturated with water rich in silica. Eventually the makeup of the wood was replaced by silica and various other minerals and the logs changed to stone. The beautiful coloring of the wood is due to traces of iron, manganese and carbon that stained the silica. Over time, the sediment covering the wood was removed exposing the petrified logs. Petrified wood also makes an attractive gemsone used to make jewelry. This petrified wood is from Arizona.
Black Market Minerals
Type of Display: Geological
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