ପ୍ରସ୍ତରିକୃତ କାଠ

|200px|Polished petrified wood

The image shows the center of a polished slice of a petrified tree from the late Triassic period (approximately 230 million years ago) found in Arizona. The remains of insects can be detected in an enlarged image.

Petrified log in Paleorrota geopark, Brazil

Petrified log at the Petrified Forest National Park

The outline of cells visible in a segment of petrified wood

Polished slice of petrified wood

Petrified logs

The outline of cells visible in a segment of petrified wood

Petrified stump exposed at low tide on Ynyslas beach, Wales

Petrified Acacia wood

ପ୍ରସ୍ତରିକୃତ କାଠ (English: Petrified wood; ଗ୍ରୀକ ମୂଳଭାଷା- petroମାନେ "ପଥର" ବା "ଶିଳା"; ଆକ୍ଷରିକ ଭାବେ "ପଥର ପାଲଟି ଯାଇଥିବା କାଠ") ସ୍ୱତନ୍ତ୍ର ପ୍ରକାରର ସ୍ଥଳଜ ଉଦ୍ଭିଦମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦିଆଯାଉଥିବା ଏକ ନାମ । ଏହା ଗଛ କିମ୍ବା ଗଛ-ଜାତୀୟ-ଉଦ୍ଭିଦ ଗୁଡିକରେ ପ୍ରିମିନେରାଲାଇଜେସନ ( Permineralization )ଦ୍ୱାରା ପଥରରେ ପରିଣତ ହେବାର ପରିଣାମ ଅଟେ ।

ବାହାର ଲିଙ୍କ

• The Petrified forest of Lesvos - Protected Natural Monument
• The Town Museum of Nová Paka Archived 2006-05-02 at the Wayback Machine.
• The Mississippi Petrified Forest