A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Quartz, jasperized wood (tumbled) |
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| Description | Jasperized wood (xyloid jasper) is petrified wood. It is wood that has fossilized - all the original chemicals have been replaced with minerals, making a stone-like replica of the original wood. |
| Location | USA ▹ Arizona. Near Holbrook. |
| Photographer | Darla Sondrol. 2002-02-25. |
| Collection | Wards Classroom Collection of Gem Minerals #20. |
| Key words | quartz, jasperized wood |
| Tech details | 146 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 2466 |
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