(SPL00064) Petrified Peanut Wood from Australia oval beads Bryozoan Coral and the second hardest gemstone

and the second hardest gemstone after diamond

vivid blue-green color and is often mistaken for turquoise because they share many visual similarities

this is only an approximate

This is Landscape Jasper

After color follows clarity: similar to diamonds

(SPL00064) Petrified Peanut Wood from Australia oval beads Bryozoan Coral and the second hardest gemstone"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