5" Chalcedony Filled Petrified Wood Limb Cast - Indonesia

This is a beautiful botryoidal chalcedony specimen that formed as a petrified wood limb cast. The petrified wood that the chalcedony replaced was likely from a Miocene-aged tropical hardwood tree, deposited roughly 20 million years ago near Java, Indonesia. Some wood grain detail can still be found around the periphery.

It has been cut into a thick slab and polished to a glossy finish on one side. Comes with an a acrylic display stand.

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Unidentified Wood
LOCATION
Java, Indonesia
SIZE
5 x 4.05", 1.4" thick
ITEM
#271379
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