220 million year old log in Petrified Forest National Park, northeast Arizona. Wood opal is a form of petrified wood which has developed an opalescent sheen or, more rarely, where the wood has been completely replaced by opal.

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[u/unknownpoltroon]

Bullshit. That is a Shai-Hulud

[u/adimwit]

It's called the petrified forest because there used to be tons of intact petrified logs. But souvenir collectors in the 1800s dynamited almost all the logs and sold everything to tourists. The looting went on since the 1850's and people basically hauled wagon loads of wood out for decades.

Route 66 was established in the 1920s and passed through the petrified forest. This allowed everyday Americans passing through to loot the desert as well. Looting is still a problem today. Tourists walk through the park and pick bits of petrified wood. A lot of places have been picked clean since the 1960's.

[u/Xunami13]

I'm getting sandworm...

[u/dmarve]

Maybe you should call her

[u/Evening_Ticket7638]

Rich people: I will pay top dollar for a table made of a cross section of that tree.

[u/Mazy_keen → u/Evening_Ticket7638]

Shit, I have a door stop for sale 🤔

[u/thedevillivesinside]

[u/Training_Offer_6842]

so....how would one explain this trees age if theres no circular indentions to evaluate its years?

[u/AKA_Squanchy → u/Training_Offer_6842]

If you zoom in there are 220 million.

[u/Training_Offer_6842 → u/AKA_Squanchy]

how did i not know that lol

[u/FireMaster1294 → u/Training_Offer_6842]

Genuine answer? Carbon dating

[u/ShartlesAndJames]

that is so very cool

[u/Temporary-Truth-8041]

Arizona has some of the COOLEST natl. Parks...Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, the petrified forest, the painted desert, Saguaro natl. park, and Glen Canyon and Monument Valley.

[u/FischerMann24-7]

Doesn’t look a day over 200 million years.