Petrified wood mineral stones are actually fossils. They are woody stems of plants that are buried by sediments, protecting them from decay. Overtime, they are replaced by silica, calcite and pyrite. Usually details of the woody bark of the original plants, the cellular structures may be preserved along, forming unique inclusions in them.
This palm root petrified wood pair has beautiful charcoal black inclusions. It is matched with a hand beaded earposts made with Toho bead and a sparkly crystal seed beads as the focal point. Earposts ard 18k gold plated.