Lot 1495
Petrified Rainbow Colored Wood Sphere. This 620 gram (nearly 1.5 pounds) 2¾ inch agatized and polished sphere is made from petrified wood from the Araucarioxylon tree and has a wonderful mix of rainbow colors that resulted from many different minerals permeating the wood at different times from the volcanic soil over millions of years. The unusual orange and red colors were produced by replacement by iron oxide. This exceptionally colorful sphere has a wonderful palette of colors from hues of beiges, browns to impressive hues of oranges and reds. 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. This lovely fossil petrified wood sphere should appeal to both fossil and mineral collectors and comes on a metal stand for display.
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Estimated Value $550 - 700.
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| Realized $600 |
