Lot 526
PETRIFIED WOOD STUMP FROM RARE TREE. This large 14 x 10 x 10 petrified wood stump is from one of the rarest and perhaps new species of Woodworthia conifer tree from the famous 210 million year old Chinle Fromation in Northern Arizona. This unusual extinct conifer tree has an unusual type of bark which is beautifully preserved on this museum quality specimen with a series of bumps all the way around the trunk that when the tree was alive were a series of small .25 inch in diameter holes that had small branches growing from them. The wood from the Woodworthia tree had no growth rings like most trees do, but the entire 10 inch in diameter top of this trunk has been polished to show the radiating structure with delicate tans, creams and white color. No leaves have been found from the extinct Woodworthia tree so that its reproductive structures are unkown. This is both a rare and lovely piece of petrified wood with complete bark and polished structure.
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Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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| Realized $391 |
