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Argentina, Rio Negro

Los Menucos Petrified Wood, Argentina

Petrified wood site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Petrified woodPetrified wood

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

Why this spot

Rockhounding locality: Triassic petrified wood

Documented Triassic petrified wood in the Los Menucos volcanic-sedimentary sequence.View source →

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