by sysadmin | Dec 29, 2015 | Blog
Petrified wood with Fluorite- Chemnitz/Hilbersdorf, Saxony, Germany. 6″ across Chemnitz is one of the most important and beautiful petrified forests in the world! Amongst collectors of petrified wood worldwide the name Chemnitz/Hilbersdorf has a very special...
by sysadmin | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog
Opalized wood-gymnosperm Arka, Hungary. 7″ across. Arka on the western side of the Zemplen Mountains in eastern Hungary is a true “classic” site. It was around 1850 that large opalized logs were found here and brought to the Imperial Museum of...
by sysadmin | Jan 23, 2015 | Blog
Considered to be one of the finest Opal Limb Casts ever found in Ethiopia. Tsehey Mewcha, Wegeltena, Wollo Province, Ethiopia. 3.5 cm x 5 cm face X 7 cm long. … Limb casts are formed when Agate is deposited in the vacant cavities of tree branches once covered by...
by sysadmin | Jan 15, 2015 | Blog
Petrified wood-Dadoxylon limb with Fluorite- Chemnitz – Hilbersdorf in Saxony, Germany. 18 x 11 cm It was 1743 that David Frenzel was declared “Gemstone Inspector of the Kurfürst”. He discovered a petrified forest and had the petrified wood cut and...
