Petrified pine cone (Araucaria Mirabilis) Pair - Patagonia, Argentina

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Petrified pine cone (Araucaria Mirabilis) Pair - Patagonia, Argentina:
$180.00

Perfect pine cone shape, tissues, stem and exterior scales with great details.

Size: 2 3/4\" x 2 1/2\"

This is a half a cone that was broken by nature. exposing the seeds and fibrous tissues on both sides.

Araucaria mirabilisis anextintct species of coniferous from Paragonia, Argentina. It belongs to thesection Bunya(the only living species of which isAraucaria offerwilliifromAustralia) of thegenus Araucaria.

Araucaria. mirabilisare known from a very well preservedsilicifiedwood andconesfrom theCerro cuadrado, Petrified Forest, located in the Bella Vista ranch in Santa Cruz Province, (Patagonia region) Argentina.

The site was buried by a volcanic eruption during theMiddle Jurassic, approximately 160millon years ago.

This pine cones are some of the best well preserve fossils in the world.

The specimen shows the seeds all around the edge and the fibrous tissues practically intact due to a very slow and stabled silicified process.

mirror polishing.

Matching pair.