A representative with Madagascar Minerals says a thief took thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from the businesses main Gem Show location early Saturday morning. "He didn't really seem like ...

The park estimates it loses about 12 tons of petrified wood a year to theft. Somewhere along the line, the myth developed that pilfered rocks will bring bad luck to the pilferers.

Byers' petrified wood had the healing curls. When the piece was cut and polished, he could also see a light-colored band dividing the pre- and post-fire growth, a mark that is also found in modern ...

For nearly three weeks now, a photograph of a spectacular specimen of petrified wood has been going viral. It appears in at least 17 discussion groups on Reddit, one of which has more than 41,000 ...

The Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona is well-known for the ongoing theft of petrified wood, even spurring a 2014 book called about people who feel guilty and return the fossils.