3.1" Polished Petrified Palmwood (Palmoxylon) Stand-Up - Texas

This is a beautiful, 3.1" wide stand-up made from petrified palm wood (Palmoxylon) which has been beautifully polished to a glossy finish on one side. Native Americans historically used this petrified palmwood to make projectile points and other tools such as knives, awls, and scrapers.

The base has been cut flat so that it stands up nicely on a flat surface.

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Palmoxylon (Palm Wood)
LOCATION
Texas
FORMATION
Catahoula Formation
SIZE
3.1 x 2.4 x 1.9"
ITEM
#300172
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