Petrified wood column, 11x6x46cm, multicolour wood

Petrified wood column, 11x6x46cm

Petrified wood or fossil wood otherwise also petrified wood. It is unique to 200 million years old. Chemical elements such as manganese, iron and copper, which occur in the water or in the swamp during the petrification process, give the wood a wide range of different colors. Petrified wood retains its original structure. On the hardness scale of F.Mohs it bears the number 7, as well as quartz. Although very heavy, it is also very fragile. In the world, fossil wood is highly valued.