PEANUT WOOD

Peanut Wood from Western Australia. It is petrified wood. It was driftwood that sank to the floor of a shallow sea. Then it was set upon by a bivalve called, Teredo or shipworm. It was covered with mud and the borings were filled with sediment which are the white areas. Formed during the Cretaceous Period, 120,000 million years ago.

Peanut Wood from Western Australia
Peanut wood from Western Australia

Photos by Dan Snow

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