LP 1552 Prehistoric Petrified top Tree Fern, In Mauve, Cream Taupe, Peridot, Pink Peruvian Opal Silver Chain Necklace Pendant

Petrified Tree Fern, 35 x 25 mm, smooth teardrop

This amazing prehistoric piece comes from an extinct species of tree fern called Psaronius brasiliensis that existed many millions of years ago. It has an array of fine patterns in earthy mauves and taupes and has just a couple little glimmers of crystalization. It's 5mm thick, the front is curved and the back is flat with both sides nicely polished. Lovely!

Pink Peruvian Opal rondelle Silver Chain

Length 22" 2 1/2 " extender
can shorten

Plants that flourished on earth millions of years ago are perfectly preserved as fossils. In petrified wood, the tissue of ancient trees is completely replaced by minerals, converting trunks and branches into stone. In some cases, the cell structure is so perfectly preserved that it resembles microscopic stem sections of modern plants. In some fossil beds of sedimentary strata, imprints of leaves and seed cones are so perfectly preserved that minute details are visible through modern microscopes.


Peruvian Opal is the national stone of Peru and it is relatively rare and can only be found in the Andes mountains. Its internal crystalline composition is random, meaning this gemstone lacks the color play or fire of a usual Opal.
Pink opal is formed by bubbling water near volcanic ash that dissolves the silica and forms in nodules from volcanic top activity, so many specimens contain pink opal mixed with minerals as rhyolite.