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    PETRIFIED PALM WOOD SLICE. ...

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    Fossils:Paleobotany (Plants), PETRIFIED PALM WOOD SLICE. ...
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    PETRIFIED PALM WOOD SLICE
    Palmoxylon sp.
    Oligocene
    Barisan Mountains, Sumatra, Indonesia
    This gorgeous slab was sliced from the log of a 30 million year old palm tree in the petrified forests of the Barisan Mountains on the island of Sumatra. The striking inky black cloud at the centre is marcasite, streaked with gorgeous soft blue patches of agate. It sits on a pale gray ground within a sandy corolla, bounded by roughly textured natural bark crust. This sliced section perfectly displays the unusual inner anatomy of the original tree, with its coarse-grained structure of sclerenchyma bundles, groups of tubules that give the tall slender palm trunk its vertical strength. Brought to a highly polished finish on one side, it measures approximately 19 x 15 inches.

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    Auction Info

    Auction Dates
    May, 2009
    17th Sunday
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