https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/europe/tree-petrified-lesbos-intl-scli-scn/index.html
There is no shortage of jokes that could be made here, but I will not…
That’s a hell of a clickbait title! 
I was like “how…?”
But pretty cool finding in its own right.
I fell for the clickbait and am glad I did. I love a good play on words and Dopers often have good ones. Petrified trees are cool.
I was petrified to discover what a Lesbian tree was.
I think the usual adjective in modern use is “Lesbosian”.
Yeah, but nobody would have clicked on that.
Maybe I won’t tell you about Sodomite archaeology
I too fell for the titilating title.
Cal, shame on you!
Your post made me think “Gah, more o’ th’ bad puns comin’ down the pike”
Do you see what you made me do?!?
So I expect there’s some igneous intrusion going on beneath the surface. I mean batholiths and sills, of course. You wouldn’t expect any other kind of intrusion given the geology here.
Ever heard of the Lesbian rule?
I never have. I’ve used such devices, but never heard that name for them.
“Lesbian Rule” , though, sounds like a variety of femdom porn.
I also fell for it. And I have spoken to the (male) owner of a Greek restaurant in Montreal who is a Lesbian. BTW, I think he called the island Lesvos.
Yes, the letter beta is pronounced as /v/ in modern Greek.
That’s a cool tool.
How do we know it wasn’t the tree equivalent of “lesbian in college?” She could just have been experimenting when the volcano covered her in ash.
How does a tree experiment with the island it’s located on?
I know, I opened this up fully expecting to see a conifer in a flannel shirt that owned a Subaru Outback… with a Golden Retriever in the back (all clichés direct from my favorite coffee spot near the ferry docks in Seattle).
Coquettishly.