Fossils floating along the seabed in Kansas a long long time ago
Kim and I are addicted rock-hounders. We have found petrified wood in New Mexico, fire agates in Arizona, red agates in Utah, and blue agates in the Yellowstone River of Montana. So when invited by Mark, a friend of Kim’s, to search for fossils in Kansas, we jumped at the opportunity.
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Hiking and rock hounding around Albuquerque plus petrified wood
Hiking among petrified logs
BACKGROUNDPetrified wood is created by precipitation of the mineral quartz from groundwater that flows through the wood after it is buried in sediment. Quartz replaces the wood, often preserving its fine cellular texture. The variety of colors of petrified wood results from impurities within the quartz crystals.
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