Petrified Tree - Anaheim, CA
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bluesnote
N 33° 48.718 W 117° 55.231
11S E 414803 N 3741688
This petrified wood is in the Happiest Place on Earth, plus this is part of an earthcache.
Waymark Code: WMJKXD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/01/2013
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This is located near Horseshoe Review. The plaque says,
"Petrified Tree from the Pike Forest, Colorado
This section weighs five tons and measures 7 1/2 feet in diameter. The original Tree, estimated to have been 200 feet tall, was part of a sub-tropical forest 55 to 70 million years ago in what is now Colorado. Scientists believe it to be of the Redwood Sequoia Species. During some prehistoric era a cataclysmic upheaval caused silica laden water to overspread the living forest. Wood cells were unchanged during the course of time to sandstone. Opals were formed within the tree trunk itself."
What kinds of fossils are found here:
Petrified Wood
Admission Fee: yes
Link for more information about this site: [Web Link]
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