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13.8" Petrified Wood Slab - Nicaragua (Rare Location)
Here is something you don't see every day, it's a rare slab of Miocene aged petrified wood from Nicaragua. The slab measures 13.8 x 8.4" and is nicely polished on one side. It comes from a collection which we recently purchased a lot of material from. We have a few other slabs from of Nicaraguan petrified wood from this collection, but that's the only material we've seen from there.
What Is Petrified Wood
Petrified wood is the name given to wood that has been turned into stone (fossilized) through the process of permineralization. In this process, all of the organic matter becomes replaced by minerals, while much of the original structure, such as tree rings, is retained. For this to happen, the wood needs to be buried in an environment low in oxygen to prevent decomposition and with flowing, mineral-laden water, so minerals may replace structures. The coloration is caused by various minerals that present in that water during fossilization. For example, red colors are due to iron compounds, greens due to copper, and so on.
Petrified wood is the name given to wood that has been turned into stone (fossilized) through the process of permineralization. In this process, all of the organic matter becomes replaced by minerals, while much of the original structure, such as tree rings, is retained. For this to happen, the wood needs to be buried in an environment low in oxygen to prevent decomposition and with flowing, mineral-laden water, so minerals may replace structures. The coloration is caused by various minerals that present in that water during fossilization. For example, red colors are due to iron compounds, greens due to copper, and so on.
SPECIES
Unidentified
AGE
LOCATION
Departemento Masaya, Nicaragua
FORMATION
Volcano Bombacho
SIZE
13.8 x 8.4", .7" thick
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#143999
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