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Cherokee Ranch Petrified Forest
A large Petrified wood, petrified forest thought to date to the Paleocene at around 55 million years old is located on and around the grounds of Cherokee Ranch in Douglas County, Colorado. These Denver Basin fossils include plants similar to the modern Lauraceae, laurel tree family. At least 40 large petrified logs have been discovered on the Cherokee Ranch property; the castle on the ranch site includes more than 4,000 pieces of petrified wood in its construction. Discovery Newspaper reporter Fitz Hugh Ludlow attested to a Petrified wood, petrified forest in the Daniels Park area in the 1860s. Later, the 1920s-built castle on modern-day Cherokee Ranch would incorporate over 4,000 pieces of petrified wood into its construction, alongside locally sourced rhyolite. However, the significant number of large petrified logs were not identified in the area until some years later. Prior to her 1999 death, Tweet Kimball had arranged for her property at Cherokee Ranch to be preserved, inclu ...
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Petrified Wood From Cherokee Ranch Forest (cropped)
In geology, petrifaction or petrification () is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals. Petrified wood typifies this process, but all organisms, from bacteria to vertebrates, can become petrified (although harder, more durable matter such as bone, beaks, and shells survive the process better than softer remains such as muscle tissue, feathers, or skin). Petrification takes place through a combination of two similar processes: permineralization and replacement. These processes create replicas of the original specimen that are similar down to the microscopic level. Processes Permineralization One of the processes involved in petrifaction is permineralization. The fossils created through this process tend to contain a large amount of the original material of the specimen. This process occurs when groundwater containing dissolved minerals (most commonly ...
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