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Mississippi Petrified Forest is a privately-owned park featuring a petrified forest located near Flora, Mississippi, in the United States. The park can be toured by admission fee.
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Mississippi Petrified Forest
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Mississippi Petrified Forest is a privately-owned park featuring a petrified forest located near Flora, Mississippi, in the United States. The park can be toured by admission fee.
The forest is believed to have been formed 36 million years ago when fir, cypress and maple logs washed down an ancient river channel to the current site where they later became petrified. It is one of only two petrified forests in the eastern United States, the other being Gilboa Fossil Forest in New York.
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