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2" Colorful, Polished Petrified Palm Root - Indonesia
This is an approximately 2" wide, colorful piece of petrified palm root that has been polished into an oval stone. The vascular nature of root means that traditional tree rings are replaced by pores and channels. This fossilized palm comes from West Java, Indonesia and is Miocene in age, or around 20 million years old.
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
Arecaceae
AGE
LOCATION
Garut, West Java, Indonesia
SIZE
About 2" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#150290
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