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Petrified Forest National Park
Agate House
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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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Last Updated: September 20, 2007 at 17:11 EST |