Mississippi
Type |
Symbol |
Year Est. |
|---|---|---|
State Stone |
Petrified Wood |
1976 |
State Fossil |
Prehistoric Whales |
1981 |
State Stone: Petrified Wood
Petrified wood is not actual wood, however it was wood at one point. Petrified wood is a fossil that formed from pieces of wood that have been mineralized. Mineralization is a process where groundwater moves through the wood and replaces all of the wood molecules with molecules of other substances, most often silica (i.e. quartz). This means that petrified wood actually isn't wood anymore, but a fossil of the former wood.
Related: Arizona State Fossil - Petrified Wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum); Louisiana State Fossil: Petrified Palmwood; North Dakota State Fossil: Teredo Petrified Wood; Texas State Stone: Petrified Palmwood; Washington State Gem: Petrified Wood
State Fossil: Prehistoric Whales
References
https://statesymbolsusa.org/states/united-states/mississippi
Geology of Mississippi's National Parks
Through Pictures
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