Lot 913
Petrified Rainbow Colored Wood. This large 10X9.75X5.5 inch agatized and polished partial lob of petrified wood from the Araucarioxylon tree 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 highly polished top of the 5.5 inch high log has an artistic palette of colors with shades of burnt orange, hues of browns, burgundy and cream. The unusual shades of burnt orange and burgundy colors were produced by replacement by various iron oxides. Most of the original bark still remains on all of the sides of this heavy 39 pound log. 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. A sizeable and beautiful specimen of petrified wood.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,400.
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