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.
1 Greece â Petrified Forest of Lesvos, at the western tip of the island of Lesbos, is possibly the largest of the petrified forests, covering an area of over 150 kmÂ² and declared a National Monument in 1985. 2  Large, upright trunks complete with root systems can be found, as well as trunks up to 22 m in length. One of the largest collections of petrified wood in the world. 2  Egypt â petrified forest in Cairo-Suez road, declared a national protectorate by the minstery of environment, also in the area of New Cairo at the Extension of Nasr city, El Qattamiyya, near El Maadi district, and Al Farafra oasis.