Lake Ronkonkoma. 1  This centrally located Suffolk County hamlet is perfectly situated for easy commuting, with an LIRR station, the Long Island Expressway and the Long Island MacArthur Airport within its borders.
Petrified wood (from the Greek root petro meaning rock or stone; literally wood turned into stone) is the name given to a special type of fossilized remains of terrestrial vegetation. It is the result of a tree or tree-like plants having completely transitioned to stone by the process of permineralization.rtificial petrified wood has been produced in a Washington laboratory. In the process, small cubes of pine are soaked in an acid bath for two days, then in a silica solution for another two. The product is then cooked at 1400 Â°C in an argon atmosphere for two hours.
Petrified Forest is primarily a geological park. The stunning vistas and barren âbadlandsâ of the park are a result of the interaction between geology and climate. The paleontological resources, which the park was initially created to protect, are exposes from the substrate by rain-and wind-induced erosion in the park.homas, Petrified Forest National Park, personal communication, 2000). The well house is located on the north bank of the river, in clear sight of the bridge. Numerous water quality samples from the well show a consistent concentration of total dissolved solids around 950 mg/l.