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Petrified Tree of Loket

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Petrified Tree of Loket

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Petrified Tree of Loket

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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1. Loket Town Walls – Loket Town Square loop from Loket předměstí

9.35km

02:43

240m

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2. Eger Valley – View of Loket Castle loop from Loket

19.8km

05:42

460m

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3. Loket Castle loop from Loket

9.55km

02:51

290m

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Andrea und Huskys 🐺

July 31, 2023

The petrified tree is right next to the bridge over the Eger. The tree trunk was found near Loket in a coal mine. It is a fossil deciduous tree from the forest that covered the landscape here about 21 million years ago. The forest was ignited by a volcanic eruption, destroyed by fire and buried under ash and lava. The petrification process took place underground with a lack of oxygen.

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Harald Schramm (Schocker)

August 5, 2023

The name petrified wood is self-explanatory - wood that has been transformed into a stone fossil over millions of years and in which the wooden structure is still recognizable, or in the words of the chemist and mineralogist Johann Gottschalk Wallerius (1709 to 1785): Petrificata vegetabilia arborum" - "are perfect pieces of wood, turned to stone, from different trees".

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Sebastian O.

August 6, 2023

A huge piece of petrified wood.

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Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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Petrified Tree of Loket

1. Loket Town Walls – Loket Town Square loop from Loket předměstí

2. Eger Valley – View of Loket Castle loop from Loket

3. Loket Castle loop from Loket

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