Eocene Petrified Hardwood | Eden Valley, WY stone Argentenian Blue Calcite is a

Argentenian Blue Calcite is a transparent to opaque stone that is pale blue to medium blue

Often mistaken for a dinosaur or contemporary of dinosaurs in popular culture

revealing the full beauty of the petrified wood

" The colors and designs were induced by a mineral spring containing iron oxides

abrasive tundra grasses and sedges

Eocene Petrified Hardwood | Eden Valley, WY stone Argentenian Blue Calcite is aThis Rare Petrified wood was collected on private land near Eden Valley in Wyoming. Eocene, epoch. Dimensions: approx 2. 5" x 4. 75" specimen Petrified Wood formed when the original trees and branches were rapidly buried under sediment and were initially preserved due to a lack of oxygen some 50 million years ago. Petrifaction occurs when water that contains inorganic minerals, such as calcium carbon ate or silica, passes slowly through the organic