Texas designated petrified palmwood as the official state stone in 1969 petrified wood is actually a fossil rather than a stone. Some facts about petrified palm wood. At that time the coastline was about 100 miles farther inland than it is today. For its gigantic qualities it is considered as a state symbol of usa. Therefore petrified palm wood is a member of the chalcedony family with a hardness of 6 5 to 7.
The spotted look of this wood is caused by fossilized rod like structures inside the original forest. When a gemstone cabochon is cut perpendicular to the palm trunk the tubes of the vascular structure often display as an array of dots petrified palm wood is actually a pseudomorph chalcedony replacing the original plant. Fossiled it is actually a stone which is like quartz. The minerals usually quartz replace the organic tissue so slowly that the original form is retained allowing you to see the plant s organic structures down to the microscopic level. It will help the wearer to get an advice from an unexpected source.
Louisiana palm wood the most widely known louisiana gem material is the oligocene age petrified wood that is found in the catahoula formation a sedimentary rock unit that was deposited on the alluvial plains and in the coastal swamps of the oligocene gulf coast. Petrified wood polished tumbled gemstone 4 46 5 95 metaphysical properties meaning and uses of petrified wood stone of the earth s energies petrified wood is a conduit between you and the earth s energy. Louisiana palm wood the most widely known louisiana gem material is the oligocene age petrified wood that is found in the catahoula formation a sedimentary rock unit that was deposited on the alluvial plains and in the coastal swamps of the oligocene gulf coast. The spotted look of this wood is caused by fossilized rod like structures inside the original forest. Texas designated petrified palmwood as the official state stone in 1969 petrified wood is actually a fossil rather than a stone.
