Rare & beautiful Australian Fossil Peanut Wood freeform beads (ETB00957) necklace gemstones

Rare & beautiful Australian Fossil Peanut Wood freeform beads (ETB00957) necklace gemstonesFossil Peanut Wood Peanut wood is a silicified (petrified) wood, generally of a black brown colour with numerous white borings, which were made by a marine wood boring bivalve, Teredo. This petrified wood was called peanut wood because the patterns resemble peanuts. Dimensions of beads: Size: The smallest: 31 x 31 mm The Largest: 44 x 45 mm this is only an approximate, the size varies slightly. Length: 16 inches Finishing: Polished

the fans of the gem beg to differ

druzy crystals cannot be too coarse or large and must be in near-pristine condition

- they are around the same size with small variations

Dimensions: 18-18

Chrysophrase or chrysoprasus is a gemstone variety of chalcedony (a cryptocrystalline form of silica) that contains small quantities of nickel

Laguna Lace agate presents both varieties of banding often in the same stone

Size: 16 x 21 - 18 x 25 mm

Size: 5 x 5 - 6 x 7

5 x 37 x 8 mm

5 x 19 x 6 - 18 x 27 x 7

Petrified Rainbow Wood

11 inches/ 280mm