Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood the whiter the layer which

the whiter the layer which gives the whole cameo its depth and dimension

The outer maximum diameter is 88mm

over the centuries and on the reverse the skeleton is showing through the desiccated skin

This skull is from a dead specimen found washed up on a beach

often using fine sand

Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood the whiter the layer whichHere's an unusual thing, particularly in the UK. This is a large piece of silicified petrified palm wood. This one is also unusual as unlike many of the pieces that are from species in the United States, this one was found in the Sahara desert about 40 years ago. Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon. It is an extinct genus of palm found around the world. These plants lived from the Late Cretaceous (83 million years ago) until the early