Black Petrified Wood
Sometimes if you are out hiking in dense old jungle and if you are lucky, you will stumble across a gemstone which feels like rock, but looks like wood. This is Petrified Wood. “Wait,” you may be thinking, “How can wood be a gemstone?” Petrified Wood literally means wood turned into stone. It is formed when plant material is buried by sediment and protected from decay by oxygen and organisms.
Petrified Wood is a fossil, and you would be shocked at its weight if you tried to pick a specimen up. One of the most common colors found in petrified wood is black. Although it’s rare to find a piece consisting entirely of black, most petrified wood will feature at last some in it.
Brown Petrified Wood
Petrified wood is a fossil in which the organic remains have been replaced by minerals in the slow process of being replaced with stone. Iron oxide, more commonly known as rust, is a compound that creates both red and brown shades in petrified wood. As the name suggests, iron oxide is a combination of iron and oxygen.
When this compound is found in the waters where a log is submerged, it can create a variety of colors with red and brown being the two most likely. Because of iron oxide it makes the wood has its attributes of durability, vibrant colors and ability to withstand water.
