Teredo Petrified Wood









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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color: Teredo Petrified Wood is primarily black with prehistoric Teredo (worm shaped mollusk) boring or "worming" through the wood.
Texture:

Luster:

Translucency: Opaque

Silica Fabrics / Fossils Teredo

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Teredo Petrified Wood is associated with the Cannonball Formation of North Dakota primarily occurring around Bismarck, Burleigh County and Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota.
Projectile point made from this material:



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