Large Cut and polished Petrified Fossil Tree Trunk Specimen

LATE TRIASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 225 MILLION YEARS B.P.

6 1/2 in. (1.9 kg, 17 cm).

Cut along the grain, with good exposure of the individual grain modules, probably from Madagascar. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the property of a Scottish geologist.
Previously with a Surrey, UK, geologist.
Ex Dr Ron Bonewitz collection.
Property of a Cheshire, UK, gentleman.

CONDITION

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LOT 2912