Petrified Wood Wyoming, Blue Forest Petirfied Wood, Eden Valley Petrified Wood Wyoming

Eden Valley 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"

This page is currently being updated with new specimens. They should be available for purchase on June 10th 2010.

#31 Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Round

Item #31
Museum Collectors Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Round - Approx. size 5" x 5" x 12" - 15 lbs. - $ 275.00

Item #34
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood - Polished -- Approx. size 2.5" x 3" x 1" - 100 grams - SOLD

#92 Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Round

Item #92
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Limb Cast Round -- Approx. size 5" x 7" x 3" - 7 lbs. - SOLD

Item #93 Blue Forest Petrified Wood Polished Chunk

Item #93
Texas Palm Petrified Wood Polished Round - Approx. size 4 " x 5 " x 4 " - 1.5 lbs - SOLD

Item #94
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood cut & polished limb cast - Approx. size 1.5" x 3" x 2" - 120 grams - SOLD

Item #43 a
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 2" x 2" x 2" - 80 grams - $ 24.00

Item #44 a
Exceptional Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 3.5" x 5.5" x 3.5" - 1 lb.- SOLD

Item #62 a
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Limb Cast Round - Approx. size 3" x 5" x 8" - 6.5 lbs. - $ 215.00

#62 b Blue Forest Petrified Wood Round 9

Item #62 b
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Limb Cast Round - Approx. size 3.5" x 3.5" x 6" - 4 lbs. - $ 175.00

Item #64a Blue Forest Petrified Wood Round

Item #64 a
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Round - Approx. size 5" x 6" x 1" - 1.25 lbs. - SOLD

#64b Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Slab

Item #64 b
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Slab - Approx. size 3" x 3.5" x .25" - 60 grams - SOLD

Item #65a Set - Blue Forest Petrified Palm Wood

Item #65 a
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood polished slabs - Set - Approx. size 4" x 6" x 1.5" - 3 lbs. - $ 98.00

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