TEREDO (peanut wood),

Petrified fossil wood of Araucaria (conifer) with marine shells parasite tracks called “Teredo”. From Queensland, Australia. The white tracks were the original tunnels filled with mud during the fossilization. Every piece has a unique pattern. The area where is found is in the “Kennedy Ranges Radiolarite” near Carnarvon, Cretaceous period, age approx. 70 m.y.old.

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