Petrified Wood got its name from the ancient Greek words “petro” and “lithos,” which mean “stone” and “wood,” respectively. The name perfectly describes how Wood turns into stone while keeping its original woody structure. Native American tribes appreciated its beauty and used it in their lives. Today, we can visit places like the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona to see these wonders.
The three most common forms of fossils are unaltered preservation , mineral preservation , and fossil impressions . Putra Jambu is a petrified wood manufacture located in Bantul, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Making various kinds of products from stone and petrified wood and marketing them worldwide for decades.
A similar event happened 20 millions years ago in Indonesia, when the regional tectonic plates began to shift between India, Indonesia and Australia. Indonesia is prone to volcanic eruptions, as it lies along the Ring of Fire. One or several of these eruptions resulted in a huge mass of ash which covered the forests and coastline, creating both Petrified Palmwood andAgatized Coral. Unaltered preservation typically involves marine or lake dwelling invertebrates, such as Coral, mollusks, sponges, etc. The organism is fossilized in an unaltered state, a process aided by the fact that the animals’ skeleton is calcareous and can remain virtually unchained when fossilized.
These are logs of petrified wood that are rough or polished on the side and where the annual rings are often beautifully visible on the top. 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.
The color of the Petrified Wood depends on which minerals replace the organic wood. Over 40 different minerals have been observed in these fossils, the most common being silica minerals like Chalcedony, Jasper, and Opal. This is a beautiful 20 million year old petrified hard wood specimen from Indonesia that has been polished into the shape of a plate/dish. Our petrified wood stools are made from high-quality materials and are carefully crafted to ensure their durability and longevity.
To give you an idea, some of the better polishers I know in the US, charge $1-2 per square inch for custom polishing work on petrified wood slabs. So, like most fossils the commercial value is not in the fossil itself, but the labor that went into extracting it and preparing it. Of the 3 major components of un-petrified wood, lignin is the molecule that endures the longest. Lignin is also the molecule that binds with minerals to form the major structure of petrified wood. Via hydrogen bonding, lignin molecules combine with mineral molecules and form the base template from which the petrified tree takes its shape.
A natural fossil wood section that is covered with light blue (crystaline opal?) mineral. It appears to be from one of the secret Indonesian blue opal sites, but this limb had no cavities for the opal to form. The petrified forests of Indonesia also suggest that the environment 20 million years ago was largely tropical, and apparently very swampy in places. The landscape was dominated by trees that were very similar to various conifers seen today, as well as gymnosperms with living extant relatives. The volcanoes and low-level swampy areas provide perfect conditions for preserving the terrestrial plant life into petrified wood and other plant fossils. Indonesian Petrified Wood is a rare and ancient stone that dates back over 25 million years.
Not only does petrified wood provide science with vast amounts of information, but it is beautiful and fascinating at the same time. Petrified wood, suar and teak are environmentally friendly materials as they are harvested in a sustainable way. Our company actively supports programs for the restoration of forest resources and cares about the conservation of nature.
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