1.6" Polished Petrified Palm Root Sphere - Indonesia

Polished Petrified Palm Root Sphere - Indonesia #309002

This is a 1.6" wide, polished sphere crafted from black and brown petrified palm root from Indonesia. The vascular nature of root means that traditional tree rings are replaced by pores and channels. The polish work on this sphere is second to none, with no scuff marks or dull spots.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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 wood its vertical strength.

The Louisiana State Fossil - Petrified Palmwood