Item #1921

Peanut Wood Fossil Pendant with sterling silver wirework.

Petrified Peanut Wood is a rare type of petrified wood from Western Australia it comes from trees which grew 70 million years ago in the Cretaceous period.  Peanut wood refers not to the type of tree, but to the appearance of the peanut shaped light color markings against the blackish background of this petrified wood.  Peanut wood was created from wood which washed into the ocean and became infested with small marine clams that bore into wood.  Eventually the wood sank to the ocean floor, where the bore holes filled with sediment, and later petrified.  This unique process created a uniquely beautiful petrified wood.  Peanut wood has beautiful glossy shine when polished, and the lighter beige colored markings are striking against the black background.

Pendant measures 2-3/4" x 1-3/8" with bail

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