Museum Quality, Size and Shape Specimen. Rare and Massive 24.8 Pounds Beige Petrified Palm Wood from Texas Gulf Coast. Beautiful Material for Making Decorative Jewelry. Length = 14 inches (36 centimeters). Width = 8 ½ inches (22 centimeters). Thickness = 5 inches (13 centimeters). The main surface of this gorgeous specimen has been buffed smooth to reveal the plethora of shades of beige and off-white colors, as well as the shapes of the various gorgeous structures, textures and patterns within this petrified fossil palm wood trunk. Texas State Rock: Petrified Palm Wood (1969). Texas designated petrified palm wood as its official state stone in 1969. The petrified wood is a fossil. Petrified palm wood comes from an extinct genus of palm called palmoxylon. The spotted look of palm wood is caused by fossilized rod-like structures within the original wood. Depending upon the angle the stone is cut, they show up as spots, tapering rods, or lines. Texas has best quality petrified palm wood in the United States. In Texas, petrified palm wood is found principally in eastern counties near the Texas Gulf Coast. This specimen dates back to the Miocene Age (about 20 million years ago). The item “Massive 24.8 Pounds Beige Petrified Palm Wood from Texas Gulf Coast Free S&H” is in sale since Wednesday, September 29, 2021. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Rocks, Fossils & Minerals\Fossils\Vegetation\Petrified Wood”. The seller is “morky” and is located in Anaheim, California. This item can be shipped to United States.