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 proce...