Petrified Wood with Quartz from Chemnitz, Germany

A beautiful petrified wood specimen from the famous fossil locality of Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany.

This cabinet-sized piece shows attractive preserved wood grain with warm red, orange, cream, brown, and grey banding throughout the polished face. The specimen contains quartz replacement and displays a striking internal pattern that makes it both a fossil and mineral collector piece.

The wood is listed as Dadoxylon sp., a fossil conifer-type wood, and is approximately 290 million years old. Its size, color, and visible growth structure make it a great display specimen for collectors of petrified wood, fossils, German classics, or unusual natural history pieces.

Details

Specimen: Petrified Wood with Quartz
Fossil Wood: Dadoxylon sp.
Locality: Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Size: 10.5 × 9.0 × 1.5 cm
Weight: 300.00 g
Category: Fossil / cut stone
Size Range: Cabinet
Color: Red, orange, cream, grey, brown, and white
Condition: Natural fossil specimen with polished face