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Petrified Forest National Park long logs in Rainbow Forest, Photo by Marge Post/NPS
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closeup of colorful agatized petrified wood

Did You Know?
Petrified wood at Petrified Forest National Park is almost solid quartz, weighing in at 168 pounds per cubic foot. It's so hard, you can only cut it with a diamond tipped saw!
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