AWESOME HUGE COPPER/CHROMIUM & CHALCOCHITE & SILVER REPLACED PETRIFIED WOOD - $595 - (Los Alamos, NM)

EXTREMELY RARE AWESOME COPPER/CHROMIUM & CHALCOCHITE & SILVER REPLACED PETRIFIED WOOD- NORTHERN NEW MEXICO Location where specimen collected is in process of being reclaimed. Last Specimens of Inventory. Once gone no longer be available! Description: This exquisite extremely rare 200 to 250 Million Year old Triassic Era Silver Replaced Conifer Petrified of species Araucarioxylon Arizonicum is from Northern New Mexico! The location of where this wood has been found is the only known world-wide location where petrified wood has been replaced with copper and silver ores! Millions of years ago the Conifer trees in this area were buried by a geologic event over time microscopic silver minerals contained in geothermal water replaced the wood fibers through a process of ionization. Publications have verified that through spectro-photometric analysis there is silver contained in the mineralized wood. The analysis was performed by Lee A. Woodward of the Department of Geology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico; William H. Kaufman of Kerr-McGee Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Otto L. Schumacher of the Bureau of Land Management, Lewistown, Montana. This area is located in the Chinle Formation. Primary ore content of this specimen is Copper, chromium, Chalcocite, & Silver! This specimen is literally a fossil that has been transformed into metal! Must have specimen for serious collectors!Dimensions: 9 1/2" W x 3" D x 6 1/2" HWeight: 11 lbs.

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