Custom Cut Polished & Wire Wrapped Blue Opalized Wood Set: Necklace/Pendant Earrings Sterling Silver .935
Overall size: Set: Necklace/Pendant 1 13/16 x 5/8 or 46mm x 16mm Earrings 1 3/8 x 7/16 inch or 35mm x 11mm
Blue opalized petrified wood is a rare fossil gemstone formed when ancient fallen trees are rapidly buried by volcanic ash. Over 20 million years, groundwater rich in silica and trace minerals like copper, iron, and manganese replaces the rotting organic wood tissue with microcrystalline opaline silica, preserving fine rings and grain in striking blue shades.
- The opalized brownish color on the outside of the stones is petrified wood, but magic is inside... the lush, rich blue is feathered with manganese and native copper dendrites, some of which look like snowflakes or feathers. Here is a finished cab of the Petrified Wood with Blue Opal and Native Copper.