Petrified wood Sphere - Height: 12.7 cm - Width: 12.7 cm- 2772 g - (1)
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Beautiful and very LARGE BALL of fossilized wood that is beautifully polished and will be delivered with the gold-colored metal stand.
This is a colorful sphere of fossilized wood (Araucaria) from Ambilobe, Madagascar.
Araucaria is a coniferous tree, which also includes the modern Monkey Puzzle tree.
This 220 million-year-old fossilized wood is polished on both sides, allowing the beautiful wood details and vibrant colors to be clearly seen.
Name: Araucaria
Period: Triassic / 245 to 208 million years
Found: Ambilobe, Madagascar
Note: The gold-colored metal standard belongs to... with the auction lot and
Will therefore be delivered !!!
Note: The photos were taken with studio lamps.
The size of this beautiful mineral piece in spherical shape is:
Diameter: 1273 mm / 12.73 cm
Circumference: 400 mm / 40 cm
Weight: 2772 grams / 2.772 kg
Petrified wood is fossil wood in which all organic components have been replaced by minerals.
Note 1 :
Fossilized wood, also known as petrified wood, is a type of fossil: it consists of fossilized wood, where all organic materials have been replaced by minerals (usually silicates, such as quartz), while the structure of the wood remains intact. The petrification process occurs underground when a tree is buried under sediment and can take millions of years. Groundwater slowly seeping through the soil deposits minerals where lignin and cellulose decay. If deposition and decay occur to the same extent, the shape of the cells is preserved.
The smallest details can be immortalized. Fossilized rings and various tissues can be traced down to microscopic levels. Petrified wood has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale, the same as quartz.
Fossilized wood exhibits a wide spectrum of colors due to variations in mineral deposits such as manganese, iron, and copper. Quartz is colorless, but when, for example, iron is added, crystals with a red or yellow hue develop, as shown in the list below.
Carbon black
Cobalt - green/blue
Chrome - green/blue
Copper - green/blue
Iron oxides - red, brown, yellow
Mangaan - pink/orange
Manganese oxides - black
Silica - white, gray
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Composition: variable, hardness: 7 & density: 2.6.
Sent registered and with tracking.
Beautiful and very LARGE BALL of fossilized wood that is beautifully polished and will be delivered with the gold-colored metal stand.
This is a colorful sphere of fossilized wood (Araucaria) from Ambilobe, Madagascar.
Araucaria is a coniferous tree, which also includes the modern Monkey Puzzle tree.
This 220 million-year-old fossilized wood is polished on both sides, allowing the beautiful wood details and vibrant colors to be clearly seen.
Name: Araucaria
Period: Triassic / 245 to 208 million years
Found: Ambilobe, Madagascar
Note: The gold-colored metal standard belongs to... with the auction lot and
Will therefore be delivered !!!
Note: The photos were taken with studio lamps.
The size of this beautiful mineral piece in spherical shape is:
Diameter: 1273 mm / 12.73 cm
Circumference: 400 mm / 40 cm
Weight: 2772 grams / 2.772 kg
Petrified wood is fossil wood in which all organic components have been replaced by minerals.
Note 1 :
Fossilized wood, also known as petrified wood, is a type of fossil: it consists of fossilized wood, where all organic materials have been replaced by minerals (usually silicates, such as quartz), while the structure of the wood remains intact. The petrification process occurs underground when a tree is buried under sediment and can take millions of years. Groundwater slowly seeping through the soil deposits minerals where lignin and cellulose decay. If deposition and decay occur to the same extent, the shape of the cells is preserved.
The smallest details can be immortalized. Fossilized rings and various tissues can be traced down to microscopic levels. Petrified wood has a hardness of 7 on the Mohs scale, the same as quartz.
Fossilized wood exhibits a wide spectrum of colors due to variations in mineral deposits such as manganese, iron, and copper. Quartz is colorless, but when, for example, iron is added, crystals with a red or yellow hue develop, as shown in the list below.
Carbon black
Cobalt - green/blue
Chrome - green/blue
Copper - green/blue
Iron oxides - red, brown, yellow
Mangaan - pink/orange
Manganese oxides - black
Silica - white, gray
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Composition: variable, hardness: 7 & density: 2.6.
Sent registered and with tracking.
Details
Number of items
1
Main Mineral
Petrified wood
Mineral Form
Sphere
Supplement
Inc gold-colored metal stand.
Weight
2772 g
Origin (Region/ City)
Ambilobe
Country of Origin
Madagascar
Height
12.7 cm
Width
12.7 cm
Depth
12.7 cm
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