Petrified Wood Slab Sphalerite which over the course of

which over the course of millions of years becomes solid while retaining the semitransparent yellowish hue of tree sap

see photo for small but visible crack in slab

This Fossil has been broken and repaired

sometimes in the same formations

Known for its beautiful prismatic crystals

Petrified Wood Slab Sphalerite which over the course ofPerhaps the most well known fossil material in the world, petrified wood is not wood at all but rather the fossilized remnants of trees from millions of years ago. Tree trunks, limbs, and branches that died under conditions that favor fossilization gradually become replaced with minerals until what remains is a replica of the original piece of wood consisting entirely of mineral material. Like the trees they capture the form of, each is unique and