Petrified Palm Wood Rough Rock Stone Slab Fossilized Louisiana #O20 for Sale

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Petrified Palm Wood Rough Rock Stone Slab Fossilized Louisiana #O20 For Sale

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Petrified Palm Wood Rough Rock Stone Slab Fossilized Louisiana #O20:
$26.00

Petrified Palm Wood Stone Slab Cabbing Rough Rock Louisiana

This natural rough rock Petrified Palm Wood slab is 4.2 inches by 4 inches and 5.5 mm thick.

It weighs .26 lbs. and is shown wet in the first 2 pictures.

This semiprecious stone material is the Oligocene-age "petrified wood" that is found in the Catahoula Formation, a sedimentary rock unit that was deposited on the alluvial plains and in the coastal swamps of the Oligocene Gulf Coast. At that time, the coastline was about 100 miles farther inland than it is today.

Petrified Palm Wood is the Louisiana state fossil.

Petrified Wood formed when a tree died and was buried by sediments. Minerals in the groundwater then permeated the wood, replacing the original organic matter and turning it to stone. The main mineral is silica, but trace elements in the silica create a variety of colors.

Petrified Palm Wood contains prominent, rodlike structures within the regular grain of the silicified wood, which form the characteristic spotted look of palm wood. Depending on how the stone is cut, these structures show up as spots, tapering rods or lines.

Petrified Palm Wood is very hard and takes an excellent polish.

Metaphysical Properties of Petrified Palm Wood: Petrified Palm Wood is said to remove petty annoyances and enhance one's connection to earth and nature.

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