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15.5" Colorful Petrified Wood (Araucarioxylon) Round - Arizona
This is a vibrantly colored, 15.5" wide polished round of petrified wood (Araucarioxylon arizonicum) from Arizona. One side has been highly polished to a glossy finish. It contains wonderful pinks, reds, blues, and browns, showing fantastic growth ring structures.
It comes with an acrylic-metal display stand.
It comes with an acrylic-metal display stand.
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
Araucarioxylon arizonicum
LOCATION
Arizona
FORMATION
Chinle Formation
SIZE
15.5 x 10.3", .75" thick
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#261788
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