BBC3 年
An Aboriginal tool of petrified wood.
In 1966 whilst staying in the opal-mining area of Andamooka,South Australia, looking for opals around the mouth of an opal mine (noodling)I found an aboriginal stone cutting implement made from ...
Business Insider7 个月
Why hunting for 20-million-year-old petrified wood is so dangerous
An curved arrow pointing right. Petrified wood is one of the most sought-after materials in the world for both its aesthetic value and its scientific value. But in Indonesia, miners who risk their ...
Yahoo1 个月
The curse of the petrified forest in Escalante, Utah
“Some of them are as bad as brain cancer and car accidents or their house burned down when they got ... said that they had this piece of petrified wood, and they put it in their fish tank ...
BBC3 年
An Aboriginal tool of petrified wood.
Whilst staying in Andamooka, South Australia, in 1966, searching for opals around the mouth of an opal mine ('noodling')I found a small stone tool made from petrified wood. The wood clearly shows ...