Natural History - Huge Sliced Section of Fossilised 'Rainbow' Wood

235 MILLION YEARS B.P.

26 3/4 in. (26.2 kg, 68 cm).

Petrified tree section of 40-46mm thickness with finely polished finish to upper and lower faces and set into resin; edges slightly chamfered.

Provenance

From the private collection of Mr J.G., UK, a company executive.

Footnotes

The petrified wood from Araucarioxylon arizonicum is often referred to as "rainbow wood" due to the variety of subtle, warm colours it exhibits, mainly in the red-orange range from hematite and limonite inclusions within the silica.

CONDITION

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LOT 0394