Crystal Forest Trail
Some colorful pertrified wood found along the Crystal Forest Trail in Petrified Wood National Park, Arizona.
The 0.8 mile loop trail takes you into the remains of an ancient forest, where some 225 million years ago, 200-foot tall conifers dominated a tropical lowland. Time, climate, and geologic forces buried the trees in layers of mud and volcanic ash, leaving enormous fossilized remains for visitors of the modern age.
The fossilized trees of the Crystal Forest have an unusually high concentration of additional crystals inside the trees themselves — small pockets where the trees have become filled with deposits that eventually turned into quartz and amethyst crystals.
Source and more info: modernhiker.com/hike/hike-the-crystal-forest-petrified-fo...
Crystal Forest Trail
Some colorful pertrified wood found along the Crystal Forest Trail in Petrified Wood National Park, Arizona.
The 0.8 mile loop trail takes you into the remains of an ancient forest, where some 225 million years ago, 200-foot tall conifers dominated a tropical lowland. Time, climate, and geologic forces buried the trees in layers of mud and volcanic ash, leaving enormous fossilized remains for visitors of the modern age.
The fossilized trees of the Crystal Forest have an unusually high concentration of additional crystals inside the trees themselves — small pockets where the trees have become filled with deposits that eventually turned into quartz and amethyst crystals.
Source and more info: modernhiker.com/hike/hike-the-crystal-forest-petrified-fo...