An curved arrow pointing right. Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value. But in Indonesia, miners who risk their ...

It's illegal to harvest petrified wood in Petrified Forest National Park. Nevertheless, light-fingered park visitors steal ...

“There is this really interesting history of people taking petrified wood and then bad things happening to them and them associating it with having taken the petrified wood,” Barnett said. “I think ...

While most come to see one of the world's largest concentrations of brilliantly colored petrified wood, many leave having glimpsed something more. The current 346 square miles of Petrified Forest ...