Xyloid jasper

XYLOID JASPER
Xyloid jasper is jasperized wood (petrified wood). It is wood that has fossilized - all the original chemicals have been replaced with minerals, making a stone-like replica of the original wood.

Xyloid Jasper
This is petrified wood that consists mostly of jasper. The original chemicals are replaced with minerals leaving a replica of the original wood in stone. See Palmwood.

Jasperized wood (also called xyloid jasper) is petrified wood. It is wood that has fossilized - all the original chemicals have been replaced with minerals, making a stone-like replica of the original wood.
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Petrified wood is wood that has fossilized leaving a stone like replica of the original wood. Petrified wood is also called Xyloid Jasper or Jasperized Wood.

See also: Stone, Mineral, Jasper, Minerals, Jasperized wood