So to clarify, there is no "opal tree". Petrified wood can opalize (when the wood fibers are replaced by opal), but this looks more like jasper Petrified wood to me. I have a slab that is very similar to this
Edit: as I thought, this is not even opalized wood
snbrd512 on December 30th, 2020 at 00:50 UTC »
So to clarify, there is no "opal tree". Petrified wood can opalize (when the wood fibers are replaced by opal), but this looks more like jasper Petrified wood to me. I have a slab that is very similar to this
Edit: as I thought, this is not even opalized wood
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona/2020/01/17/anonymous-photo-petrified-forest-arizona-goes-viral/4490553002/
Djinn42 on December 30th, 2020 at 01:28 UTC »
OP would be even better with a link to the original article:
https://archaeology-world.com/petrified-opal-tree-trunk-situated-in-arizona-its-about-225-million-years-old/
doozydak on December 30th, 2020 at 01:49 UTC »
At first I was afraid, I was petrified