Polished Petrified Wood - 1.94" sannine-showcase hard minerals

hard minerals

Above: Mammoth Hair from the First Edition of the Mini Museum

As with other mollusks

This specimen is a cross-section of a light support fixture

The combination of such materials is as surprising to science as it is beautiful to the eye

Polished Petrified Wood - 1.94" sannine-showcase hard mineralsJust as minerals can seep into an animals remains and preserve its shape, fossilized wood is an impression of a tree in life, rendered in stone. Petrified trees are unique specimens that capture more details of prehistoric plants than other fossils. This is because they are fossilized at a cellular level, whereas most other fossils are impressions of plants on soft earth. These particular specimens are sliced and polished to give a high definition