Petrified Forest National Park

 
 

Petrified Forest National Park, located in northeastern Arizona, features the world’s largest collection of petrified wood. Petrified wood is a type of fossil, in which the tissues of a dead plant are replaced with minerals. Petrified wood can be a range of different colors, depending on the mineral that has replaced the wood. For example, wood petrified with iron would be reddish in color.

 
 
 
 
 

American National Parks

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