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Petrified Rainbow Wood Tumbled Polished Rock Arizona
This pretty large tumbled polished Petrified Wood piece is 6 inches by 3.1 inches and 1.3 inches thick and weighs about 1 pound.
It does have some rough areas on the edges and a soft spot in the middle of what I call the back (second picture).
Petrified Rainbow Wood from Arizona is famous because it is found in so many colors. It is especially known for its reds and yellows.
The most important find in the world of Petrified Wood is in Northern Arizona. The majority of the petrified wood here is Araucarioxylon arizonicum, or Araucaria, a prehistoric type of conifer.
This Petrified Wood is found in the Chinle Formation and comes from the Triassic Period around 220 million years ago.
The "Petrified Forest" was made a National Park in 1962. In 1988 the Arizona state legislature designated petrified wood the Arizona state fossil.
Petrified Wood formed when a tree died and is quickly buried by sediments. Minerals in the groundwater then permeated the wood, replacing the original organic matter and turning it to stone. The main mineral is silica, but trace elements in the silica create a variety of colors.
Metaphysical Properties: Petrified Wood is a stone of patience and slow and steady growth.
