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Madagascar, Diana

Ambilobe Petrified Wood, Madagascar

Petrified wood site Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood

Also reported: agatized wood.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Jon Sullivan (Public domain).

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: silicified (petrified) wood

Northern Madagascar yields commercial petrified wood documented in the fossil trade.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Heat, remote

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