What is petrified wood?
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It is trees or wood that has been buried and due to the time and the type of enviornment that it was in, the wood was replaced by quartz minerals mimicing the wood grains and structure.  It is a case of mineral repalcement
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Polyethylene terephthalate (aka. PET, PETE, PETP) is a thermoplastic resin of the polyester family that is used to make beverage, food and other liquid containers, synthetic fibers, as well as for some other thermoforming applications. It is also one of the most important raw materials used in man-made fibers. Depending on its processing and thermal history, it may exist both as an amorphous (transparent) and as a semi-crystalline (opaque and white) material. It can be synthesized by a transesterification reaction between ethylene glycol and dimethyl terephthalate. It is manufactured under trade names Arnite, Impet and Rynite, Hostaphan, Melinex and Mylar films, and Dacron, Terylene & Trevira fibers
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It is not a type of tree that produces what you are looking for.  It is a process of converting the wood/pulp to papper and layering it with layers of plastic to give it those properties.
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hardwood such as oak or maple. \nEucalyptus burns really hot and smells good - but the creosote will build in your chimney,
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The Bible does not tell us what type of wood the cross Jesus was crucified on was made of.  Legend has it was made of dogwood.  Olive wood makes more sense.
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if its a single piece it could be worth a lot\nbut also realize it will be very expensive to send to someone because of the weight and size (girth of package)\n\nCheck out eBay, search for petrified wood\n\nlapidary dealers deal in minerals and petrified wood, currently there isa 10-lb piece being auctioned at 100$\n\nif there is a lapidary dealer in your area maybe they can tell you if its extraordianry or not\n\nIs it from the petrified forest in Arizona?
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Of what this huge ark was to be built was made plain by Jehovah:  “Make for yourself an ark out of wood of a resinous tree [literally, trees of gopher].”  (Genesis 6:14)  This resinous wood here prescribed is thought by some to be cypress or a similar tree.  In that part of the world what today is called cypress was in abundant supply; it was particularly favored for shipbuilding by the Phoenicians and by Alexander the Great, as it is even down to the present time; and it is especially resistant to water and decay.  Doors and posts made of cypress are reported to have lasted 1,100 years.  In addition, Noah was told not merely to caulk the seams but to “cover [the ark] inside and outside with tar.”
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Most modern sticks are made from fiberglass/aluminum or carbon fiber.  These come in either one or two-piece.  Two-piece sticks allow you to snap the blade and replace it without scrapping the whole stick.  The blades are made of wood, fiberglass, carbon, or any combination there of.  The most common wood used today is White Ash and Birch.\n\nOne piece carbon sticks are made from the inside, out.  They layer carbon fiber over and over.  Each layer gets a coat of epoxy.  This is what makes it hard.  The epoxy has very little strength and the carbon is strong but flimsy.  Think of carbon fiber as fabric and the epoxy as peanut brittle (stay with me).  If you took a slapper with just an epoxy stick, it would shatter.  If you took a slapper with just a carbon fiber stick, it would flap in the breeze.  The combination of the two gives it unbeatable strength yet still allows it to flex a bit.\n\nOld wood sticks are still around, but the preferred wood (Rock Elm) is becoming scarce.  Dutch Elm disease has wiped out most of the supply.  So now manufactures are turning to White Ash.  It's not as strong, but it's about 1/4 the price of Rock Elm.
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Timber: sapwood light brown and heartwood dark reddish brown to dark brown. attractive light black figure, strong, very hard and heavy (air-dry 1.1 t/m3)\n\nSeasoning: It dries quickly in small dimensions, slowly in large dimentions.\n\nEconomic value: a popular wood for turnery, carving, cabinet making and furniture. The wood darkens with age.
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wood ,paper, maple syrup ,asprin
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http://www.pubs.asce.org/WWWdisplay.cgi?9605225\nSaprolite is a rare find in our area.  We've found it in a few parking lots, and we can buy it from only a few dealers.\n\nSaprolite is also called "rotten granite" -- it really is granite that's been partially changed by thousands or millions of years of weathering. \n\nhttp://saltthesandbox.org/rocks/saprolite.htm\n\nProperties\n1.Saprolite forms when granite and other igneous and \nmetamorphic rocks are exposed to humid climates for \nthousands or millions of years. \n2.Saprolite is mostly reddish in color.\n3.Its crystals are usually pea-sized or smaller\n4.it started out as granite\n5.Is made mostly of the minerals feldspar and quartz, and may also contain small crystals of mica or darker minerals.
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The methusla tree, a Joshua Pine in Israel is said to be more than 3000 yrs old.  They keep exactly which one it is a secret though, so it's not plundered.\n-Duo
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An artist may have their own interpretation but that is simply their imagination, not the truth. \n\nIn that day and age, it makes no sense to use a wooden box. The earlierst known version of the legend says it was a storage jar, which would resemble a large urn and be made of clay or similar material.
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Undoubtedly,it was wood from a tree from\nthe area where they were.  The Bible does\nnot tell us what kind of wood was used.
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Made from Redwood trees ? you are a moron ! I'd like to see a redwood totem ! How the hell would they erect it ? Move it ? Even chop it down ! before Modern saws it was impossible to fell these giants !
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Cottonwood - or Balsam Poplar - is a soft wood.
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Please correct you English, teacher will fail you on that alone, or should.\nAs per your question, teak wood will float or not depending on moisture content,so will most other wood. There are at least two kinds of stone that float.\nYou need to be more specific in what you want.