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Petrified Wood Forest Park, Ban Tak, Tak Province, Thailandi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Petrified Wood Forest Park | Park |
| Ban Tak | District |
| Tak Province | Province |
| Thailand | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
17° 4' 9'' North , 99° 5' 10'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ban Tak | 18,384 (2012) | 3.0km |
| Tak | 24,149 (2012) | 22.7km |
| Ban Dan Lan Hoi | 5,791 (2013) | 52.4km |
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Doi Soi Malai National Park
Large silicified tree trunks are preserved in gravel deposits along the channel of the Ping and Wang Rivers in the early Pleistocene. The first petrified trunk was partially exposed about a meter long, discovered by a villager in October 2003 in a tropical dry dipterocarp forest region in Tak-Ok Subdistrict, Ban Tak District. The area was protected under Thailand’s National Reserved Forest Act. The discovery was reported to related authorities, which led to an excavation that revealed the length of the partially exposed log was more than 20 m, with a width of 1.83m at that height. The lower trunk terminated in a buttress that had a width of 4.38 m measured ~2 m from the base. The fossil logs are located approximately 8 km downstream from the confluence of the Ping and Wang Rivers. Based on taxonomic study, all were angiosperms, representing two types of legume trees: Koompassioxylon elegans Kramer and Pahudioxylon cf. sahnii Ghosh & Kazmi.
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2 valid minerals.
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Alphabetical List Tree DiagramDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ 'Aluminosilicate' Formula: Al, SiOx (etc) |
| ⓘ 'Clay minerals' |
| ⓘ 'Feldspar Group' |
| ⓘ Opal Formula: SiO2 · nH2O |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
| ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Quartz var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| ⓘ | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 | |
| ⓘ | Opal | 4.DA.10 | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Clay minerals' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Aluminosilicate' | - | Al, SiOx (etc) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Aluminosilicate | Al, SiOx (etc) |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Aluminosilicate | Al, SiOx (etc) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Chalcedony | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Opal | SiO2 · nH2O |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Aluminosilicate | Al, SiOx (etc) |
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