Petrified wood (from the Greek root petro meaning "rock" or "stone"; literally "wood turned into stone"). What is Petrified Wood? Petrified wood is a fossil. It forms when plant material is buried by sediment and protected from decay by oxygen and organisms. Then, groundwater rich in dissolved solids flows through the sediment replacing the original plant material with silica, calcite, pyrite or another inorganic material such as opal. The result is a fossil of the original woody material that often exhibits preserved details of the bark, wood and cellular structures. (http://geology.com/stories/13/petrified-wood/). In order to log your find, visit GZ to answer the first two questions, then a bit of homework for the third. Please email the CO with the answers. Do not put your answers in your log. Photos from GZ are welcome and encouraged in your log.
1. How old are the formations you are looking at, and what era are they from.
2. How many specimens are on display
3. How did they come to be here?
4. In your own words, what is the process involved in transition from a tree to a rock?
There is no need to walk in any garden beds to obtain the answers to this cache.
This is an Earth Cache and has special requirements for logging it. You cannot log a Found It without responding to the logging requirements set out below.
Only one find claim per Message. Each Geocacher claiming a find must submit an individual response. One team can not lodge a response on behalf of a group of people. This will avoid confusion when matching logs with responses. I am sure everyone will understand.