Petrified Tree - Elbow

The petrified tree is located in Lokti just past the bridge before the IC
This is a tree trunk that was found near Lokte in a surface coal mine. It belongs to an unspecified deciduous tree from the forest that covered our landscape about 21 million years ago. The forest was ignited, broken and buried by the volcanic eruption. The petrification process takes place underground with a lack of oxygen. Groundwater leached from the volcanic ash…