Petrified Wood by StormloverWolf
Now we have
to think back millions of years ago for the original creation of this beautiful
fossil. It was created when the forests were buried under layers of sedimentary
rock, and the plant cells were quite literally bathed in minerals that replaced
the organic structures in the original wood.
The final result still looks like a tree, even the rings of the wood are
still visible. However, the material has
the weight and feel of stone, and this is because it now has a microcrystalline
structure, often called agate, made of silicon dioxide.
One of the
largest petrified forests in the world, that actually covers 93 square miles in
area is on the Green Island if Lesvos.
There were found fossilized tree stumps still standing upright with root
systems in the bedrock. Approximately
twenty-five million years old, they have been identified as types of trees now
native to Asia and the Far East, showing how different the European climate was
in that period. Other petrified forests
are found in Canada, United States, Australia, and Argentine, some of which are
around 200 million years old!
The colours
of petrified wood are mottled brown, black, reddish brown, almost a blue brown
which all can depend on their mineral combinations.
Considering
healing purposes, petrified wood teaches lessons of slow but inevitable
transformation from one state being wood, to another becoming stone. Petrified wood cleanses both the liver and
the blood and can aid stiff joints and arthritis. It can ease feeling stuck on old emotions
around old issues that you need to let go of.
It can clear old patterns linked to a difficult relationship, especially
of ancestral origin. It is a symbol of
slow evolution into new forms, so it helps to connect spirituality to the
deepest history of our planet.
You can use
on the pubic bone or over the base of the spine to stabilize the root chakra,
and meditating with it can help to encourage the transformation of patterns
that seem literally “set in stone”.
Sources:
Jennie Harding “Crystals”
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