FOSSILISED WOOD (CUT AND POLISHED END OF LOG) - Madagascar
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Cut and polished
180 million years old
(Jurassic period)
Madagascar
A cut and polished section of a fossilised log from Madagascar. The wood has been completely 'petrified' - all the living tissue has literally been turned to stone, in this case the mineral quartz.
180 million years old
(Jurassic period)
Madagascar
A cut and polished section of a fossilised log from Madagascar. The wood has been completely 'petrified' - all the living tissue has literally been turned to stone, in this case the mineral quartz.
It is the end of the log and shows the natural unpolished surface on the reverse.
Presented in a lidded gift box.
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Size: 7 x 6 x 0.5 centimetres
Weight: 55 grams