Petrifiedwoodfossil is THE premier wholesale natural stone, wood, and shell supplier for SE Asia, USA, UK and Europe.

Petrified wood (from the Greek root "petro" meaning "rock" or "stone", literally "wood turned into stone") is fulgurite: it consists of rock, such as quartz, fused together by electric discharge.

Elements such as manganese, iron and copper in the water/mud during the petrification process give petrified wood a variety of color ranges. Pure quartz crystals are colorless, but when contaminants are added to the process the crystals take on a yellow, red, or other tint.

Following is a list of contaminating elements and related color hues:

    * carbon - black
    * cobalt - green/blue
    * chromium - green/blue
    * copper - green/blue
    * iron oxides - red, brown, and yellow
    * manganese - pink/orange
    * manganese oxides - black/yellow

Petrified wood can preserve the original structure of the wood in all its detail, down to the microscopic level. Structures such as tree rings and the various tissues are often observed features.

Petrified wood has a Mohs hardness of 7, the same as quartz.

We can supply both polished and natural stone for all kinds of uses as well as decorative jungle vine used in aquarium and terrarium.