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Peanut wood cab ~
Offered here is a cabochon of rare petrified peanut wood, also known as teredo wood. This ancient fossil tree material is of the Araucaria species, found in the Kennedy Ranges of Western Australia. It's become very scarce these days, because there's so little left to find. This cab was cut from a small horde I've had tucked away for awhile. The rounded ivory white spots are actually part of a network of holes bored into the wood of the once-living tree by teredo mollusks, aka shipworms. Over millennia, those burrowed holes were filled with radiolarite, an odd form of common opal. This gemmy example retained some hints of the tree's original woodgrain pattern, and it is surprisingly translucent, like root beer. Peanut wood certainly cuts unusual, high contrast cabs, and this one's sure to be an interesting attraction in your jewelry or your pet wood collection! The stone has a low rounded dome of 4mm, a bold designer shape, and a slick glassy polish both front and back.
Size: 42x28mm
Weight: approximately 30 carats
Price: SOLD See current gemstones for sale
 Peanut wood
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