PETRIFIED PALMWOOD (PALMOXYLON) FOR SALE

Petrified palmwood includes a group of fossil woods that contain rod-like structures within the regular grain of the silicified or agatized wood. Depending upon the angle at which they are cut, these structures show up as spots, tapering rods, or continuous lines. The rod-like structures are sclerenchyma bundles that comprise part of the woody tissues that gave the palmwood its vertical strength. Petrified palm wood is the official state fossil of Louisiana.