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.
Areas with a large number of petrified trees include: 1  Argentina â the Petrified Forest National Monument in Santa Cruz Province in the Argentine Patagonia has many trees that measure more than 3 m (10 ft) in diameter and 30 m (100 ft) long. 2  Australia â has deposits of petrified and opalised wood. 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.