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Sigri petrified forest, Lesbos

Fossil site Documented siteProhibited, look only

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: silicified wood (viewing only).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Miocene volcanic ash-buried sequoia forest on western Lesbos

UNESCO Global Geopark with in-situ silicified trunks, documented for two centuries.

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