Opalized Polished Petrified Wood Heart
170,00€
- Museum Quality Archeological Artifacts
- Exceptional Sale (Private Collection)
Opalized Petrified Wood, Polished Heart Form. Over 200 million years old!
- Size : 80 mm x 74 x 42 mm
- Weight : 365 gram !
- Origin Madagascar
Petrified wood is a fossil. It forms when plant material is buried by sediment and protected from decay due to oxygen and organisms.Then groundwater rich in dissolved solids flows through the sediment, replacing the plant materials with silica, calcite, pyrite or another inorganic material such as opal. The result is a fossil of the original woody material that often exhibits preserved details of the bark, wood and cellular structures. Some of the best specimens of petrified wood have been preserved by silicification. The item on sale is wood that has been infilled and replaced by opal – usually called ‘opalized wood’
- Exceptional fossil
- Extremely well preserved collector’s item
Description
Opalized Polished Petrified Wood Heart – over 200 million years – Madagascar
- Museum Quality Archeological Artifacts
- Exceptional Sale (Private Collection)
Opalized Petrified Wood, Polished Heart Form. Over 200 million years old!
- Size : 80 mm x 74 x 42 mm
- Weight : 365 gram !
- Origin Madagascar
Petrified wood is a fossil. It forms when plant material is buried by sediment and protected from decay due to oxygen and organisms.Then groundwater rich in dissolved solids flows through the sediment, replacing the plant materials with silica, calcite, pyrite or another inorganic material such as opal. The result is a fossil of the original woody material that often exhibits preserved details of the bark, wood and cellular structures. Some of the best specimens of petrified wood have been preserved by silicification. The item on sale is wood that has been infilled and replaced by opal – usually called ‘opalized wood’
- Exceptional fossil
- Extremely well preserved collector’s item
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