Photos from our Motorcycle trip in August, 2005.
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Picture #100 - Buying some petrified wood in Arizona
This nice man sold us more petrified wood than we knew we could carry on our last day on the road. In fact, on this day we started out shopping here, and then rode all the way back to Amarillo by night. Shelly is sitting on what appears to be a large log, which is in fact completely stone. The process of petrification is dependent on certain conditions. A. The dead wood needs to be protected from decay. B. The dead wood becomes saturated with mineral-laden water. The porous nature of wood allows the movement of water-borne particles. C. The water itself needs to harbor specific minerals necessary for petrification.
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