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Petrified Palm Wood (LA)

Beautiful gemstone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from Louisiana.

These designer cabochons have tan and black areas and a great polka dot pattern! Some of the cabochons seem to have moonscapes or scenery.

This semiprecious stone material is the Oligocene-age "petrified wood" that is found in the Catahoula Formation,  a sedimentary rock unit that was deposited on the alluvial plains and in the coastal swamps of the Oligocene Gulf Coast.  At that time, the coastline was about 100 miles farther inland than it is today. 

Petrified Palm Wood is not a true wood as it was a plant that looked similar to a modern palm tree with a trunk made up of parenchyma, a fibrous support material that surrounded hollow tubes of the plant's vascular structure.  These tubes transported water, nutrients, wastes, and other materials through the plant. 

When the palm died, it was quickly covered by water and sediments.  Ground water flowing through the sediments carried dissolved silica.  The silica replaced the fibrous parenchyma and tubes.  This infilling and replacement of the plant structures with solid silica produced the fossil known as  Petrified Palm.

When a designer cabochon is cut perpendicular to the palm trunk, the tubes of the vascular structure often display as an array of "dots."

Petrified Palm Wood is actually a pseudomorph-chalcedony replacing the original plant. Therefore Petrified Palm Wood is a member of the chalcedony family with a hardness of 6.5 to 7. Petrified Palm Wood cabochons take a great polish and wear well.

Petrified Palm Wood is the Louisiana state fossil.

Metaphysical Properties of Petrified Palm Wood:

Petrified Wood in general is said to be a stone of patience, and slow and steady growth.  It is believed that Petrified Wood can help one overcome limiting emotional patterns handed down through one's ancestors.

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    Petrified Palm Wood Matched Pair Cabochons #19

    Rectangle or bar shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 25 mm by 9 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm...

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    Petrified Palm Wood Matched Pair Cabochons #21

    Rectangle or bar shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 25 mm by 9 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm...

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    Petrified Palm Wood Matched Pair Cabochons #17

    Rectangle or bar shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 25 mm by 9 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm...

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    Petrified Palm Wood Matched Pair Cabochons #16

    Rectangle or bar shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 25 mm by 9 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm...

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    Rectangle or bar shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 25 mm by 9 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm...

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    Rectangle or bar shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 25 mm by 9 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm...

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    Oval shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 24 mm by 10 mm and 4 mm thick. These weighs about 7 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood,...

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    Petrified Palm Wood Matched Pair Cabochons #13

    Oval shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 27 mm by 10 mm and 3 mm thick. On this one, one of the rods is missing giving it a small chip on the bottom edge-see last picture. These...

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    Oval shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 22 mm by 8 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 4.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood,...

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    Oval shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 22 mm by 8 mm and 3.5 mm thick. These weighs about 5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood,...

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    Triangle or trillion shaped gray, tan and polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 17  mm sides and 3 mm thick. These stone cabochons weighs about 8 carats each. Beautiful golden semiprecious gemstone...

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    Triangle or trillion shaped gray, tan and polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 19.5 mm sides and 3.5 mm thick. These stone cabochons weighs about 8.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semiprecious gemstone...

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  • Petrified Palm Wood Stone Bead Pendant #4 Petrified Palm Wood Stone Bead Pendant #4

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    Pretty polka dotted brown semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood. This trapezoid shaped drilled stone focal point bead pendant is drilled with a 4 mm hole near the top for hanging on your cord or wire, or adding into your bead creation! It is 53 mm by...

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    Oval shaped tan and polka dotted matched pair semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 27 mm by 10 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 7.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from...

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    Oval shaped tan and black polka dotted matched pair semiprecious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons 22 mm by 8 mm and 3 mm thick. These weighs about 4.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood,...

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    Round shaped black and tan polka dotted semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochon 33 mm in diameter and 6 mm thick. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from Louisiana. These designer cabochons have...

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    Matched pair round shaped semiprecious gemstone black and beige Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochons with 15 mm in diameter and 4 mm thick. These weighs about 6.5 carats each. Beautiful golden semiprecious stone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from...

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    This Petrified Palm Wood focal point bead pendant is drilled with a 4 mm hole near the top for hanging on your cord or wire, or adding into your bead creation! It is 51 mm long by 17 mm wide and 8.5 mm thick. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone...

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    Oval shaped black and brown semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochon 46 mm by 16 mm and 5 mm thick. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from Louisiana. These designer cabochons have tan and black...

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    Shield shaped brown polka dotted semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochon 32 mm long by 25 mm and 5.5 mm thick. Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from Louisiana. These designer cabochons...

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    Tongue shaped brown polka dotted semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood designer cabochon 35 mm by 12 mm and 4 mm thick.  Beautiful golden semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood, Palmoxylon, from Louisiana. These designer cabochons...

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  • Petrified Palm Wood Stone Bead Pendant #9 Petrified Palm Wood Stone Bead Pendant #9

    Petrified Palm Wood Stone Bead Pendant #9

    Pretty polka dotted brown and black semi precious gemstone Petrified Palm Wood. This oval shaped drilled stone focal point bead pendant is drilled with a 4 mm hole near the top for hanging on your cord or wire, or adding into your bead...

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