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Karlovarský kraj

Petrified Tree of Loket

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Petrified Tree of Loket

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    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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      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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      steine-und-minerale.de/atlas.php?f=4&l=V&name=Petrified%20Wood

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        August 6, 2023

        A huge piece of petrified wood.

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          Location: Karlovarský kraj, Severozápad, Czech Republic

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