I’ve got a chunk of petrified wood, about 16” long, 7” diameter.
Came out of northwest, middle tn—
Still has QAL quaternary alluvial fill packed in crevices, red clay. was excavated by a friend.
Trying to figure out exactly how got in more recent soil horizons. Unless it’s petrification occurred in thousands of years vs millions or unless some wild form of deposition and delivery happened to place it in 5 ft of clay.
It’s coniferous by appearance of grain striation
