Fossil Wood Pebble 344grams

Fossil Wood Pebble from Madagascar. This splendid hand polished pebble 344grams is chunky and very tactile. Fossil Wood or Petrified Wood is wood that has been replaced over millions of years by Quartz and Chalcedony minerals. The reds displayed in this pebble are from Jasper. The fossilised wood is Araucaria or Monkey Puzzle tree and it is Triassic 248 million years old.