How many petrified wood collections include a fossilized log from the Sahara Desert? Irresistible to touch! When will you ever see again for sale a major petrified log full of knots and with these features FROM THIS REGION OF THE WORLD! If you were only allowed to look at it and not pick it up to feel its weight, you would absolutely swear it was modern wood except for the unique color! Not only immensely rare, this is an amazingly intriguing display specimen, loaded with architectural aesthetics. There are very rare features that are not seen in your typical petrified wood. There is one major branch that is partially hollow and leads into what was once the inside of the tree, showing a split wood interior. With this MUSEUM-CLASS example, you have every desirable feature of petrified logs - large fibrous texture and multiple gnarly tree knots. There are areas in the North Sahara that show multiple petrified trees that are the remains of entire forests once alive in prehistory. Early human prehistoric stone tools made of petrified wood like this, have been found that date from the Acheulian to the Neolithic Periods, in the region from where this fossil log was found. The Sahara Desert used to be lush and green with forests, plains and swamps. The EXTREME RARITY of this specimen cannot be overstated - it comes from the Northwest Sahara Desert! Such a large lifelike petrified log from this region is a true prize find. This unusually large portion of a split hollow tree log dates back to the days of the dinosaurs and has been petrified in solid stone yet, retains every minute detail of when it was once wood.
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