1.1" Black Petrified Palmwood (Palmoxylon) Egg - California

Black Petrified Palmwood (Palmoxylon) Egg - California #309052

This is an exceptionally well preserved, egg-shaped specimen of petrified palmwood (Palmoxylon) from California. The vascular bundles under magnification are fascinating and not quite like other palms seen from Asia. The polishing work is extremely well done with no dull spots or scuff marks.

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