Lot 352
Polished Petrified Wood Section. This very large 16 x 16 inch agatized and polished complete section of petrified wood from the Araucarioxylon tree has a wonderful mix of colors that resulted from different minerals permeating the wood at different times from the volcanic soil over millions of years. The unusual orange color was produced by replacement by iron oxide. This exceptionally large section is one of the most colorful imaginable being predominantly burnt orange with hues of browns and shades of violet and blue. Pictures definitely do not do justice to this museum quality specimen. Araucarioxylon arizonicum is an extinct 225 million conifer tree that is the state fossil of Arizona and known to all visitors to the Painted Forest National Park.
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Estimated Value $700 - 900.
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