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Petrified Wood: The World of Fossilized Wood, Cones, Ferns, and Cycads

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The best photographic presentation of petrified wood I have every seen. Frank Daniels' love of the subject can be seen in his work as laid out between the covers of this superb book. I totally enjoy showing non palaeontologically minded people this book when they visit. If a person is looking for a photographic presentation of petrified wood, then this would have to be the book. I heartily recommend it. Congratulations Frank on a terrific book.

As the various reviews point out this book is a blaze of color. Excellently photographed and excellently printed this volume gives a good impression of how beautiful petrified wood can be. This work is perfectly suited as a coffee table book.

As a wood anatomist I cannot help feeling that an even more beautiful book could be produced by shifting the focus to anatomy: when magnified these woods would look even better. I guess a palaeobotanist would agree with me that this would make for, from a scientific point of view, a more usable and valuable book.

Nevertheless this is a magnificent piece of work: there are some quite stunning pictures in here.

This is a beautiful volume that is a visual treat for any enthusiast in the area of geology, paleontology, rocks and minerals. It's an attractive "coffee table" book replete with page after page of gorgeous color plates of the world's loveliest petrified wood specimens. There are also text portions that explain the geology and history of the fossilized wood. Some of the paleobiological terms are quite technical. It's not for everyone, but the book is beautiful for those with eyes that find fascination in ancient trees that have now turned to mineralized stone.

This book is the definitive pictorial reference on petrified wood. The hardback version is produced with very high quality paper and beautiful pictures of some of the worlds most gorgeous fossilized wood. This book is a must have for any serious collector or anyone who enjoys pictures of nature's treasures.

Iy you are a layman, you will certainly ask whether "rock like " items like these can be so pretty. When you read on and understand that nature is actually the artist behind them, then you will start to appreciate that their brilliant color, the pretty pattern as well as the variety of what used to be living trees in this planet millions of years ago are not any less beautiful than the common gems and precious stones which we are much more familiar with. The excellent photos will certainly tempt one to read the book again and again . The only regret is perhaps the lack of more publications on these gems, despite a second and equally attractive book by the same author.

Really the Bible of Petrified Wood. Outstanding. Every lover of beuatiful things must buy it

This is a beautiful book. If you are into petrified wood, this is the book to get. I is very informative and has gorgeous pictures. You won't be disappointed.

This is gorgeous book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in fossil wood. There are tons of pictures for reference. Also, if you have purchased this book, you might also want to consider "Ancient Forests" by Frank J. Daniels and Richard Dayvault. It too, is a great table top book.