Craig McClarren 10/9/22 Craig McClarren 10/9/22

Petrified Wood in Michigan: The Facts and the Fiction

Petrified wood, it’s a stone everyone is familiar with by name at least. And everyone gets excited about finding it, but can it actually be found in Michigan? The story is complicated, but the answer is…

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