Petrified Wood Petrified Wood is an extraordinary fossil formed when ancient wood is gradually replaced by minerals while preserving the original structure of the tree. Its beautiful shades of brown, beige, red, yellow, gray, and black often reveal natural wood grain, growth rings, and bark-like patterns, making every piece completely unique. ✨ Metaphysical Context: Petrified Wood is often associated with grounding, stability, and patience. It is believed to encourage inner strength, resilience, and a deeper connection with nature while helping to promote calmness and emotional balance. Many people use Petrified Wood as a symbol of longevity, transformation, and personal growth. ✨ Fact & Fun Fact: Petrified Wood forms through a process called permineralization. When buried wood is protected from decay, mineral-rich groundwater gradually fills and replaces its organic tissues, commonly with silica that eventually forms Quartz or chalcedony. This process can preserve incredibly fine details of the original tree, including growth rings and cellular structures. Some Petrified Wood specimens are hundreds of millions of years old. Famous deposits occur in the USA, Indonesia, Madagascar, Argentina, and Australia.