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Description
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Peanut wood cab ~
Offered here is a bold cabochon of rare petrified peanut wood, also known as teredo wood. This ancient fossil material is of the Araucaria species of tree, found in the Kennedy Ranges of Western Australia. The white areas are actually part of a network of holes where the once-living wood was bored by teredo mollusks, aka shipworms. Over millennia, those holes were filled with radiolarite, an odd form of common opal. Great contrast here! The cab has a rounded dome of 6mm, a sleek designer shape, and a great glassy polish both front and back.
Size: 52x 20 mm
Weight: approximately 33 carats
Price: SOLD See current gemstones for sale
 Peanut wood
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