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PETRIFIED WOOD              

 

 

How Does Wood Become Petrified?

In order for the petrified wood you see here to become petrified, the wood must first be covered with such agents as volcanic ash, volcanic mud flows, sediments in lakes and swamps or material washed in by violent floods - by any means which would exclude oxygen and thus prevent decay.  A number of mineral substances (such as calcite, pyrite, marcasite) can cause wood to petrify, but by far the most common is silica.  Solutions of silica dissolved in ground water infiltrate the buried wood and through a complex chemical process are precipitated and left in the individual plant cells.  Here the silica may take a variety of forms; it may be agate, jasper, chalcedony or opal.  The beautiful and varied colors of fossil wood are caused by the presence of other minerals that enter the wood in solution with the silica.  Iron oxides stain the wood orange, rust, red or yellow.  Manganese oxides produce blues, blacks or purple.

 

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Click on a picture to see petrified wood in a larger size.

Small to Medium Petrified Wood Pieces

 

Tumbled Petrified Wood Pieces  REF# X001
(sold per piece or by the pound)

  • Price: $2.00 to $10.00 (depending on size)
     
 

 

Petrified Wood  REF#: NI001
  • Small Stems
  • Triassic Age
  • Madagascar
  • Price: $1.00 each
 

 

PALM WOOD, PETRIFIED WOOD.Petrified Palm Wood  REF# X002
  • Bottom Base of Palm Bulb
  • Cut and Polished Pair
  • Oligocene Age, Louisiana, USA
  • Price:  $1,100 (pair)

 

PETRIFIED WOOD, CRETACEOUS, JURASSIC.Petrified Wood Pieces  REF# X003
  • Cut and hand polished
  • Various locations, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming, & Arizona USA
  • Ages: Triassic, Cretaceous, Jurassic.
  • Price range: $5.00 to $100.00

 

Petrified Wood Bookends REF# PBE001
  • Petrified Sequoia
  • Tertiary Age
  • Elko, Nevada, USA
  • Price:  $79.00

For more Petrified Wood Bookends, visit our Bookends Page

 

 

PETRIFIED WOOD FROM MONGOLIAPETRIFIED WOOD FROM MONGOLIAPetrified Wood Log  REF# X006
  • Mongolia
  • Left:
  • Largest Diameter: 34.5 inches
  • Price: $1,600.00
     
  • Right:
  • Largest Diameter: 25.5 inches
  • Price: $1,200.00

 

PETRIFIED WOOD FROM MONGOLIA.PETRIFIED WOOD FROM MONGOLIA.Petrified Wood Log  REF# X007
  • Mongolia
  • Size Range : 15.5 to 36 inches diameter
  • Left: Largest Diameter: 15.5 inches
  • Right: Largest Diameter: 27.5 inches

 

Petrified Palm Wood  REF# X008
  • Small Rounds
  • Length: 6 inches
  • Oligocene Age
  • Louisiana, U.S.A.
  • Price: $25.00 each

 


 

Large Petrified Wood Pieces

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For information or prices on any of these petrified wood logs, please call or email us.

 
Petrified Wood Log      SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE
 

REF# LP-13


 

Petrified Wood Log      SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE
 

REF# LP-14


 

Petrified Wood Log      SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE
 

REF# LP-15


 

Petrified Wood Log      SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE
 

REF# LP-17


 

Petrified Wood Log      SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE

 

REF# LP-18

This petrified wood log is hollow and would make an excellent fountain.


 

Petrified Wood Log      SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE
Large Petrified Wood Log
  • Weight = 9,823 Pounds
  • Height = 74 inches
  • Color: Brown and yellow colors
  • REF# LP-6

Entire exterior hand polished. Huge size and character 
make this petrified wood log an extremely desirable piece  for that lobby or landscape project.


 

Petrified Wood Log       SOLD - SIMILAR AVAILABLE
Large Petrified Wood Log
  • Weight = 4,510 Pounds
  • Height = 50 inches
  • Color: Browns and tans
  • REF# LP-11

This Petrified Wood Log would make a beautiful natural bench!
Exterior polished. Texture of a giant wood burl.
This texture is very unique!

 
 

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