Vintage Polished Petrified Wood Bookends – 6.7 lb Matched Pair – Natural Fossil Stone

A striking matched pair of genuine petrified wood bookends, beautifully cut and polished to reveal the remarkable natural grain, mineral coloration, and organic patterns preserved within the fossilized wood.

These are especially substantial examples, weighing approximately 6 pounds 11 ounces as a pair. Each piece measures approximately 5" tall × 4" wide × 2⅜" thick, giving them enough weight and presence to function beautifully as actual bookends while also making impressive natural-history display specimens.

The polished faces reveal beautiful variations of warm earth tones and mineral coloration, contrasted by the rugged natural exterior. The effect is particularly striking in person, where the depth, pattern and polish are much more apparent.

Because petrified wood is created as minerals gradually replace the original organic material, every piece is completely unique. These two pieces have been cut as a complementary pair, preserving the visual relationship between the two halves.

DETAILS

• Genuine petrified wood

• Matched pair of bookends

• Polished display faces

• Natural, unpolished exterior edges

• Approximately 5" tall

• Approximately 4" wide

• Approximately 2⅜" thick

• Combined weight: approximately 6 lb 11 oz

• Natural fossil / mineral specimen

• One-of-a-kind coloration and pattern

Excellent for a library, study, office, bookshelf, natural-history collection, mineral collection, or sophisticated organic-modern interior.

CONDITION

Good pre-owned condition with natural irregularities, inclusions, surface variations and characteristics inherent to genuine petrified wood. Minor signs of previous display may be present.

Please examine all photographs carefully, as the exact coloration, pattern, natural edges and condition of this one-of-a-kind pair are best represented visually.

A beautiful combination of natural history and functional art.