fossilera: Beautiful, Red Arizona Petrified Wood Slab - 22.3" This is a vibrantly colored s

fossilera: Beautiful, Red Arizona Petrified Wood Slab - 22.3" This is a vibrantly colored slice of Araucarioxylon arizonicum petrified wood from Arizona. It’s Late Triassic in age and displays beautiful purple, red, and orange colorations. One side has been polished to a mirror like finish and it comes with an acrylic display stand. The vibrant coloration is due to the contaminating minerals in the silica which replaced the original wood structure. For example pinks and reds are due to hematite, a form of oxidized iron. This is similar petrified would which is found in the Petrified Forest National Park. The petrified forest encompasses nearly 100k acres and this wood comes from land outside of the park.  For sale at: https://www.fossilera.com/fossils/beautiful-red-arizona-petrified-wood-slab-22-3 -- source link

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