Petrified Wood Wyoming, Blue Forest Petrified Wood, Eden Valley Petrified Wood Wyoming, Palmoxylon

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Eden Valley Petrified Wood was formed from plants living about 50 million years ago . The rock exhibits features not found in fossil wood anywhere else in the world. The petrification process for this area involved shallow "algae growing" lakes. In many cases, for undetermined reasons, the wood came to be in this water in its live condition before it had a chance to dry out and look like old dead wood. This wood became coated with algae which adhered to the surface making a cast or mold around the wood. Later the wood dried and shrunk in the mold made of algae . Over time these algae casts became part of a layered rock formation. Silica-rich water solutions seeping through the rock then petrified the wood and filled in the spaces left between the dried wood and the hardened cast with agate, calcite, and quartz.

Petrifying process: As the agate coated the inside surface of the algae cast, perfect impressions of the bark were left in the agate. Thus there are some rocks that show two 50 million year old "pictures" of the same plant -- one picture of how the plant looked alive and another after it died and dried out!

Wormholes: Because the petrification process seems to have been "protected" by the algae cast formation, unusually detailed representations of the wood have been preserved. Lichens exquisite representations of bark both live and dried out have been preserved. Worm holes, insect borings, woodpecker holes, and other events have been observed in the petrified wood. Even very rare lichen fossils and small clam shells have been duplicated in the agate.

This is one beautiful gem morsel!
Item #600
Eden Valley Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Specimen- Approx. size 3.5" x 3.5" x 2.5" - 305 grams - SOLD

This is real fine
Item #601
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished Limb Cast Round - Approx. size 3" x 5" x 3" - 485 grams - SOLD

Item #602
Hills Valley Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Specimen - Approx. size 4.5" x 4.5" x 2.5" - 1 lb.- SOLD

Item #603
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 3" x 3" x 2 " - 215 grams - SOLD

This is outstanding too!
Item #604
Picture Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Slab - Approx. size 2.5" x 3" x .75" - 143 grams - SOLD

A Nice Horizontal Slice of Limb Cast Favorite
Item #605
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Polished GML Rockart Specimen - Approx. size 3" x 4" x 1.5" - 225 grams - SOLD

Nice as nice. Has it all. Blue Agate, Black Onyx, Structure, Chalcadony
Item #606
Cool Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 2.5" x 2.5" x 2.5" - 295 grams - SOLD

Exra Nice Item
Item #607
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 2.5" x 2.5" x 2.5" - 288 grams - SOLD

Exceptional Item
Item #608
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 2.5" x 2.5" x 2.5" - 1295 grams - SOLD

Nice Round
Item #609
Blue Forest Wyoming Petrified Wood Cut & Polished Limb Cast - Approx. size 1.5" x 1.5" x .75 " - 70 grams - SOLD

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