Petrified Wood

Petrified wood is a fossilized wood and is one of the most detailed types of fossils in existence. This is because the majority of petrified wood is made of silica which is a fine grained mineral and wood has an intricate cellular structure, the silica is able to seep into the woods structure on a microscopic scale replacing and preserving the finest of details even features like its growth rings

Petrified wood can come in different colors depending on the trace elements of the ground that species of wood came from and are as old as 540 million years old. They are an incredibly fascinating deception because they are so detailed they still look like the original wood so your brain is expecting to touch wood but instead you grab a heavy cold Quartz crystal. Ask people to touch it, the shocked reaction is priceless!

Hardness: 7
Composition: SiO₂