Petrified Palm Wood / Palmoxylon. Dimensions: 7 x 6.25 inches. Thickness: 2.5 inches. Weight: 4230 grams / 9 lbs. Description: Large piece of ancient plant life, lots of detail to the outside and a smooth creamy tan core which would make several dozen beautiful cabochons. Petrified palmwood includes a group of fossil woods that contain prominent rod-like structures within the regular grain of the silicified wood. Depending upon the angle at which they are cut by fracture, these rod-like structures show up as spots, tapering rods, or continuous lines. The rod-like structures are sclerenchyma bundles that comprise part of the woody tissues that gave the wood its vertical strength. Petrified palmwood is a favorite of rock collectors because it is replaced by silica and exhibits well-defined rod-like structures and variety of colors. As a result, it exhibits a wide range of colors and designs when cut that can be incorporated into jewelry and other ornamental items. Because it is composed of silica, it is hard enough to polish and withstand the wear and tear of normal use. Known to possess practicality power, it infuses the same in his wearer too. It is a stone of success in addition to it also evokes tranquility and gliding vigor to go the things by accepting the present. Recognized for its qualities of general fortification, it is the stone which turns out to be excellent for grounding and stabilizing one’s emotions. It’s dark mystic dots are particularly useful in calming one’s fears, soothes the troubled minds furthermore restore the balance to the body and spirit. It lends the wearing individual a courage to speak from the heart and being a stone of deep spirit. It takes in the propensity to connect the wearer with his past as well as bring it to the ground for healing. By boosting deep meditative state, it encourages to release all the emotional bonds moreover free the mind to explore a higher consciousness to gather up the past life work. The item “Petrified Palm Wood Palmoxylon 9# 5 oz. For Lapidary or Collector Specimen” is in sale since Thursday, January 17, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Rocks, Fossils & Minerals\Fossils\Vegetation\Petrified Wood”. The seller is “morianminer” and is located in Pine City, Minnesota. This item can be shipped to United States.