- Stone of transformation
- Helps to make one feel safe & secure, calming down & survival based fears
- Useful for bringing patience to those in process of slow inner transformation.
- Good fortune, stability, strength & wisdom
Energy: Grounding
Chakra: Root (Primary), Sacral, Solar Plexus
Associated with Zodiac: Leo
Scientific Properties:
The name comes from the Greek "petro" or "rock' and refers to wood that has been turned to stone. The process of petrifaction preserves parts of ancient trees in fossil form. When the wood becomes buried under sediment, mineral-rich water flows through the sediment and replaces the cells' structure with minerals, producing a very good stone copy of the original piece of wood. The predominant minerals in petrified wood are silicates. Minerals include quartz, manganese, iron, copper, cobalt, chromium and iron oxides. It has a Mohs scale hardness of 7.
- Petrified Wood is the provincial stone of Alberta, Canada.
- Petrified Wood is the state gem of Washington.
Countries of Origin (but not limited): Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Ecuador, Egyp, Greece, India, Libya, Namibia, New Zealand, Ukraine, UK, USA.