GIANT PETRIFIED WOOD SLICE 26.8 LB 19" X 13.3" X 1.7

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WORLD CLASS - MUSEUM GRADE GIANT PETRIFIED WOOD TREE SLICE WITH BARK BOTH SIDES POLISHED 26.8 LBS / 12.16 KG 19" X 13.25" X 1.75" TIME OF BIRTH: 225 +/- MILLION YEARS AGO PLACE OF BIRTH: MAHAJANGA REGION, MADAGASCAR SPECIES: CONIFER (ARAUCARIA) INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL AND MASSIVE PSEUDOMORPH PETRIFIED WOOD SLICE WITH INTACT BARK ALL AROUND, SUPERB QUARTZ CRYSTALIZATION, OPALIZATION AND METICULOUS POLISH ON BOTH SIDES. ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT COLOURS THAT ARE TOO SUBTLE FOR THE CAMERA TO PICK UP . AN AWESOME SPECIMEN THAT COMMANDS ATTENTION AND RADIATES MASSIVE ENERGY. HAVE MULTIPLE COSECUTIVE SLICES FROM SAME TREE, CONTACT ME IF INTERESTED... WORTHY OF THE SMITHSONIAN OR ANY OF THE WORLDS GREATEST MUSEUMS Petrified Wood is a composition of various minerals replacing wood and preserving its structure. The term "petrified wood" is somewhat of a misnomer since it incorrectly implies that the wood has somehow "turned" into stone. Technically, this material is described as a pseudo-morph after wood, since the mineral replaces the wood, preserving the wood's structure but not the wood itself. Petrified wood is a class of objects defined by the process by which it was created rather than by chemical composition. Many different minerals may replace wood over the course of geologic time. Most discovered petrified wood is quartz, in read more