(SPL00064) Petrified Peanut Wood from Australia oval beads

"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: (measurement is approx) small: 15x18x9/ large:15x22x11mm Length of this strand: 435mm Origins: Australia