Petrified wood is an ancient tree that has fossilized into stone. Petrified wood is usually found in dusty, earth toned colors, but can also be found in bright and brilliant tones based on trace amounts of metals present in the mineralized water and sediment. Our tumbled petrified wood is all from the USA and has been sourced from a collector working with claims in Arizona, Utah and Wyoming.
……Please read on for important info!…..
• Stones average ~2cm at their largest
• Mirror-polished
• Handmade by us in our Detroit Michigan studio! Please allow for slight variations in color, shape and size of the stones. Each fossil is unique!
• NEW! Reverse is coated in resin to help prevent damage if gravity happens.
• Antique brass, easy-to-use, bullet-back hardware.
• Each is securely attached with aircraft grade bonding/jeweler’s cement
• Stone origin: Arizona, Utah, and Wyoming.
• Hand selected and sourced in-person from the Tucson and Quartzsite Gem Shows
• Choose from different colors and locations: AZ “rainbow” with red and yellow ochres; WY neutral tones
• Snazzy gift box included.
►ABOUT THE STONES:
Geologically – high carbon content can create a deep black fossil, iron can give the wood a red, yellow, or brown color depending on how oxidized it is, and manganese can create wild arrays of pink and orange.
The Arizona petrified forest is probably the best known in the world due to its vibrantly colored “rainbow wood” and the Petrified Forest National Park. This petrified forest extends over a huge area, around 100k acres, but only a small portion is located within the national park. The fossilized wood found in the Chinle Formation is Late Triassic in age, or approximately 225 million years old. The dominant tree species in the forest is Araucarioxylon arizonicum, a type of conifer related to the still-living “Monkey Puzzle Tree”.
Metaphysically it is associated with the root chakra and is said to help with feelings of grounding, protection, and calm.
►ABOUT THE CRAFTSMANSHIP:
NEW! I use traditional, time-honored lapidary techniques to drill into the stones in order to sink the cufflink hardware deep into the stone’s surface, so your cufflinks will not come apart. This time-consuming process is done in addition to the adhesive and resin layers that attach the stones to the metal cufflink hardware. Most crafters skip this most important drilling (and resin) step.
►MATCHY MATCHY!
How about a coordinating fossil lapel pin tie tack?We have those too!
https://www.etsy.com/shop/Cyberoptix/search?search_query=fossil
►NEED MORE?
Makes a perfect gift for any human that has a cuff that needs fancying! Got a super special occasion? Fathers of the bride, grooms and groomsmen – if only one set is shown as available, more similar stones can usually be sourced and I can make plenty more, we can make sets for wedding parties or groomsmen gifts. Please contact us for specific stone customization requests.
►CUFFLINK, TIE TACK & LAPEL PIN COLLECTION!
See all my cufflinks and coordinating accessories right here! https://www.etsy.com/shop/Cyberoptix?section_id=23432201
►ABOUT THE MAKER:
Each pair of cufflinks is unique and one of a kind, and made by hand by printmaker, metalworking artist and Cyberoptix founder, Bethany Shorb. I work between my home base in Detroit, MI and a mobile RV studio Arizona, where I source all our stone, crystal, shell and fossil there and at the Tucson and Quartzsite AZ gem shows. All are intuitively sourced in person, from only the most reputable individual suppliers.
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