FOSSILISED WOOD - POLISHED COBBLE - Madagascar
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Beautiful polished cobble
180 million years old
(Jurassic period)
Madagascar
A polished round cobble of fossilised wood. The wood has been completely 'petrified' - all the living tissue has literally been turned to stone, in this case the mineral quartz.
This piece is very tactile and is a lovely red colour which unusual for Madagascan fossil wood.
Beautiful polished cobble
180 million years old
(Jurassic period)
Madagascar
A polished round cobble of fossilised wood. The wood has been completely 'petrified' - all the living tissue has literally been turned to stone, in this case the mineral quartz.
This piece is very tactile and is a lovely red colour which unusual for Madagascan fossil wood.
Size: 9 x 8 x 4 centimetres
Weight: 483 grams