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Princeton petrified wood (Vermilion Bluffs/Whipsaw)

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood
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Also reported: agatized wood.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain), Partonez (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Why this spot

Eocene Princeton Group

Princeton basin is well known for silicified wood.

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