10.5" Tall, Arizona Petrified Wood Bookends - Red and Black

Tall, Arizona Petrified Wood Bookends - Red and Black #307177

This is a gorgeous pair of bookends made from Late Triassic aged, Arizona petrified wood. The bookends have been polished on the outer face and have red, black, and orange coloration. Exceptional polishing work on this pair.

Each bookend slightly varies in size, with one measuring 10.5" tall, 7.1" wide and 1.8" thick, while the other is 10.2" tall, 7.15" wide and 1.8" thick.

This wood is similar to petrified wood found in the Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona. Its petrified forest encompasses nearly 100,000 acres, and is almost entirely represented by the extinct conifer Araucarioxylon arizonicum.

The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum happens to be the state fossil of Arizona. It is frequently referred to as "rainbow wood" because of the large variety of colors some specimens exhibit. The reds and oranges come from hematite inclusions within the silica, the yellows from limonite, and the purples from extremely fine hematite spherules.

Araucarioxylon arizonicum is estimated to have grown more than 150 feet high and dominated the tropical forests in what is now Arizona nearly 225 million years ago.

$325

SPECIES

Araucarioxylon arizonicum

AGE

Late Triassic (~225 Million Years)