SPHEREFACTOR: Rare Petrified PEANUT WOOD Fossil Sphere - eBay Display Specimens, Crystals Mineral Specimens, Rocks, Fossils Minerals, Collectibles. (end time 11-Dec-09 11:30:24 AEDST)

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Item number:	290193094719
Item location:	San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Item specifics

Specimen Type:	Rare Species	Item Type:	Fossils
Fossil Formation:	Petrified Wood	Type of Mineral:	Peanut Wood
Form, Shape:	Sphere

Stunning

Petrified

Peanut Wood

Sphere

Location: Western Australia

Diameter: 3.4" (87 mm)

Gorgeous Root-Beer coloring!

We know most of you out there have never seen a

Peanut Wood sphere! ...

If you've seen Peanut Wood before,

most likely it has been a cabochon or rough ...

not too often will you find a Peanut Wood sphere of this quality and size!

Peanut Wood

was formed when Conifer trees were washed into the Australian sea as driftwood. Small Terado marine mollusks soon attacked and took up permanent residence in their new found food source.

The little critters veracious appetites resulted in them eating and chewing tunnels throughout the wood.

Once drilled and hollowed by these insatiable mollusks, the trees eventually sank to the bottom of the sea ...

where these honey-combed tunnels were filled by sediment comprised mostly of the shells of microscopic marine life, hence the white fill!

The process was complete when the wood was petrified some

70 million years ago!

And ...

Now You Know The Rest Of The Story

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