8.9" Exceptional Polished Petrified Palm Wood Round - Indonesia

Exceptional Polished Petrified Palm Wood Round - Indonesia #308286

This is an exceptionally well preserved, 8.9" wide, polished round of petrified palm wood (Palmoxylon) from Sumatra, Indonesia. The vascular nature of root means that traditional tree rings are replaced by pores and channels. One side has been flawlessly polished to a glossy finish.

Comes with an acrylic-metal 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