SWEET FLUORESCENT ARAUCARIA PETRIFIED WOOD HEART, MADAGASCAR

Description

This is a gorgeous hand picked petrified wood heart made from the extinct conifer Araucaria. It comes from Madagascar. The age of the specimen is approximately 220 million years old ( Triassic Period).
The specimen is polished on one side.
Although Araucaria is not rare, it is hard to find really nice specimens such as this one!
The specimen displays some really interesting fluorescence under long wave ( last photo ) and short wave ( photos 10 - 11 ) UV light . Any purple is reflected light.
Short wave photo taken with Super Bright lamp, long wave with 36 watt Way Too Cool lamp. Please note special UV lamps are mandatory to visualize the fluorescence.
All photos taken with my iPhone :-) Sorry about the glare on some of the photos. The specimen has such a fine polish that photos without glare was quite a challenge.
Size:  3 3/4  x 4  x 1 3/4 "
Weight:  1 lb 7.8 oz ( 676 g )
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