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

Fossil 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