Blue Opalized Petrified Wood Indonesia

Petrified wood (derived from the Greek word "petro" which means coral or stone, literally means wood that turns into stone) is a kind of fossil; is a wood fossil in which all organic material has been replaced with minerals (which are generally silicates, like quartz), but the original structure of the wood is retained. This petrification process occurs underground, when wood is buried under sediment and begins to be preserved due to lack of oxygen. 

Mineral rich water that flows through sediments stores minerals in plant cells and in line with the decay of lignin and plant cellulose, stone formation occurs. No wonder / strange Petrified wood / fossils are found in the soil, because the formation process is indeed in the soil. And those that are found in the middle of small and large rivers are in Indonesia. The very basic characteristic of wood fossils that are in and on the banks of rivers is harder and even parts of the skin have no lime, as if there had been a process of polishing by humans.

This happens because there is friction between wood fossils and sand and other rocks that have been in the river for millions of years. It is different from petrified wood fossils, some of which are still covered with chalk, but, the motives and the color inside are more interesting than the fossils that are in and on the riverbank. Even some of the wood fossils found in the soil have crystallized, the water content is very high. When the bark is opened, the contents of the stone are transfused ... for this fossil wood people say fossil agate. 

Blue Opalized Petrified Wood Indonesia.
In general, the of converting wood into fossils, according to experts, takes millions of years as the article in the "World Book Encyclepedia about" "in the article said that the petrified wood process took 225 years. However, this is still a debate among severe experts. and. Organic materials must be fossilized / fossilized before they actually rot. Elements such as manganese, iron and copper in the water / mud during the process of changing wood to stone produce a variety of colors. Pure quartz crystals are colorless, but when contaminants are added during the process, they will have a yellow, red or other color.

The most sought after by some rock and fossil lovers is the color blue or commonly called blue opalized, has its own features because the dominant crystal and metal bright bright colors so beautiful

Blue Opalized is found in the depths of the soil, it takes days to dig a hole in order to get this beautiful wooden fossil. West Java, Indonesia is the largest blue-opalized deposite, they come from outside the region and even foreign countries just to have Petrified Blue Opalized.