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8" Polished Permian Petrified Wood (Araucarioxylon) Round - Utah
This is a beautiful, 8" wide, polished round of petrified wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum) from a Permian-aged deposit in San Juan County, Utah. One side has been highly polished to a mirror-like finish. It displays a beautiful mixture of red, brown, black, and white hues with excellent wood grain detail. I'm not sure I've seen another round quite like this one from Utah.
Comes with a display stand. The back of the round has been lined with black felt.
Comes with a display stand. The back of the round has been lined with black felt.
Araucarioxylon Petrified Wood From Arizona
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.
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.
SPECIES
Araucarioxylon arizonicum
AGE
LOCATION
Indian Creek, San Juan County, Utah
SIZE
8 x 6.5", .45" thick
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#305096
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