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Descripción
Locality: Saddle Mountain, Washington and north of Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A. (a mix from both dig sites)
Geological Age: mixed; the Saddle Mountain pieces are Miocene (about 15 million years old)
Description: These are assorted fossil wood chips and shards from two of my favourite dig spots: Saddle Mountain, Washington, and a site about 20 minutes north of Quartzsite, Arizona. They're the small chips left in the bottom of my bucket after I collect the big chunks, so rather than throw them out or tumble them, I've collected them here for you. The collection includes various species.
Petrified wood is a type of fossil. Wood buried in sediment or volcanic ash soaks up silica from groundwater. The silica coats and fills the cells, so the wood's structure is preserved in stone. The result is a beautiful, often colorful stone that retains the grain and texture of the original wood.
Small
Approximate Size of 1 piece: 3cm x 1.5cm x 2cm
Approximate Weight of 1 piece: 10g
Medium
Approximate Size of 1 piece: 6cm x 3.5cm x 1.5cm
Approximate Weight of 1 piece: 51g
Large
Approximate Size of 1 piece: 8cm x 6.5cm x 4.5cm
Approximate Weight of 1 piece: 184g
Quantity: 1pc
Watch Adam, the owner of Rubble Rock and Gem, hunt for petrified wood at Saddle Mountain on our YouTube channel at this link: Petrified Wood - My Saddle Mountain Adventure (youtube.com)
We do our best to buy quality products- although not every rock is the same. If you choose to purchase the "staff pick option", we will select the best of the batch for you. Otherwise, it will be at random from the larger batch we have in stock.