Petrified Wood

Considered having the same age as the extinct dinosours,this special stone ,that was a living tree once,can be used to promote a very special style. This wide collection of hard, colored, vitreous to opaque stones (jaspers), is very famous since antiquity. Names like Red jasper, Blood Stone, Chrysoprase, Petrified Wood, Carnelian and Agates are just to list few from this big family of stones used by the Greeks and the Romans in cameos to celebrate their famous faces. Technical/details:SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide Agate, like Chalcedony, is a variety of quartz gemstones composed of layers of quartz, sometimes of different colors. Agate usually occurs as rounded nodules or veins in rock such as volcanic lava. The layers of quartz are often concentric. The composition of agate varies greatly, but silica is always predominant, usually with alumina and oxide of iron. Agate comes in most colors.There are several types of agate. Common ones are: blue lace agate, moss agate, tree agate and petrified wood. Care and Treatment: Petrified wood is fossilized wood that has had its organic matter replaced by agate.it has a high polish that last.no special treatment is needed for this heavy duty material. Hardness:Since basicly it has the same glass composition, Agate ,in small thickness will chip and crack rather easily though it has a hardness rating of 7. Specific Gravity: 2.65 - 2.66