'Unique' Petrified Tree up to 20m years old found intact in Lesbos

The petrified tree was once part of a forest and dates back to a time when Lesbos was covered in lava and ash from volcanic eruptions , the petrified forest has been the subject of excavations for the last 25 years but this discovery is the first example of a complete tree including roots and leaves to be found.

Nikolas Zouros, a professor of geology at the University of the Aegean, couldn’t believe his luck. In 25 years of excavating the petrified forest of Lesbos, he had unearthed nothing like it.

“The tree is unique,” he said. “To discover it so complete and in such excellent condition is a first. To then discover a treasure trove of so many petrified trunks in a single pit was, well, unbelievable.”

Stretching across almost all of the Greek island’s western peninsula, the petrified forest, a Unesco global geopark, is among the largest in the world.

Produced by successive volcanic eruptions, its vividly coloured fossilised trunks are a witness to the explosions that buried much of Lesbos under lava and ash between 17 and 20 million years ago.
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a reply to: gortex

Nice!
Thanks for posting it.

a reply to: gortex

Rock hard wood found on Lesbos eh?

That is a rare find...

I'm sorry...i couldn't resist.

It is pretty awesome though a fully intact petrified tree.

Thanks for sharing.

Wood goes unused on Lesbos.

Its like a quality Dad joke...

I wonder if the tree was a trany?

a reply to: gortex

Nonsense! Everyone knows god put it there.

a reply to: gortex

Here’s hoping to finding that on the new mars exploration mission...

Super cool, climate crisis my ass...... Mother Nature ALWAYS endures

Came here for the lesbos jokes. Was not let down.

a reply to: dug88

originally posted by: gortex
The petrified tree was once part of a forest and dates back to a time when Lesbos was covered in lava and ash from volcanic eruptions , the petrified forest has been the subject of excavations for the last 25 years but this discovery is the first example of a complete tree including roots and leaves to be found.

Nikolas Zouros, a professor of geology at the University of the Aegean, couldn’t believe his luck. In 25 years of excavating the petrified forest of Lesbos, he had unearthed nothing like it.

“The tree is unique,” he said. “To discover it so complete and in such excellent condition is a first. To then discover a treasure trove of so many petrified trunks in a single pit was, well, unbelievable.”

Stretching across almost all of the Greek island’s western peninsula, the petrified forest, a Unesco global geopark, is among the largest in the world.

Produced by successive volcanic eruptions, its vividly coloured fossilised trunks are a witness to the explosions that buried much of Lesbos under lava and ash between 17 and 20 million years ago.
www.theguardian.com...

How on earth is it even possible by conventional means?

a reply to: Dalamax

They knew it was from Lesbos because it was double headed