Northeastern Museum of Petrified Wood  and  mineral  resources is situated in Mu 7, Tambon Suranari.At present, this area has a collection of over 10,000 petrified wood pieces. Some are displayed in the garden. Within this compound, petrified wood was unearthed just beneath the surface to 8 metres underground. The wood discovered is of various sizes from pebbles to rocks with a diameter of over 50 centimetres, and some pieces are more than 1 metre long. The wood comes in many colours in the same stone and in different ones. They are aged from 1 to 70 million years old.

To get there: Take Highway No. 304 (Nakhon Ratchasima – Pak Thong Chai Road) for 19 kilometres, turn right at Km. 121 into the Suranari University of Technology (second gate) for 2 kilometres and turn left into the Mittraphap – Nong Pling city bypass for 1 kilometre.

For further information, please contact
Northeastern Museum of Petrified Wood  and  Mineral  Resources
Mu 7, Tambon Suranari, Amphoe Mueang, Nakhon Ratchasima
Tel. 0 4425 4000  ext.  1202

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