



... Petrified wood 'a window to the past'...
The existence of a petrified wood tells a story of a beautiful tree that once existed perhaps million of years ago, and it has been preserved in its original shape and look for you to enjoy million of years later. But the question is: "How does wood last so long? How can it become so hard that it can last for millions of years?". Well, the answer is easier than you may think.
The word, to petrify, literally means, "turn to stone". Petrified wood, then, is wood that has turned to stone. Petrified wood is a fossil of a woody plant preserved by permineralization through time by chemical and physical processes. There is actually no wood left in the piece. The wood died and was gone many years ago. What we actually see is where minerals have replaced the wood, but in the same shape and form. So that while you see the wood just as it looked millions of years ago, it is actually a rock that has taken the form of the wood.
Petrified wood is known for its exquisite color and detail. Some pieces of petrified wood have retained the original structure of the wood, the grain can easily be seen. It is used often in jewelry making, tables and stools for interior design, sculptures, stepping stones for landscape architecture, and for other types of decorative artwork. Some people also believed that it is useful for grounding and stabilizing emotions. It helps one to be practical and calms survival-based fears and is good for general protection. It is used for past life regressions because of its inherent link with the past.
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