GemStone for Leaders and Business Success

Peanut Wood Jasper Magical Properties:
Energy -> Receptive
Element -> Akash (Sky)
Powers -> Longevity, past life regression, healing, protection
Petrified wood is basically fossilized wood that has it's organic matter replaced by agate / jasper, bit by bit as it decomposes.
The wood GemStonestructure is maintained but the wood fibers are slowly changed into stone. Sometimes a All GemStone Jewel or even opal can be found fossilized in wood. Its coloring is brown, but also found in grey & green color.

 

Petrified wood material comes out of Australia, Argentina, Egypt & the Czech Republic. But the most famous source is of course The Petrified National Forest Park Arizona. This material is quite heavy & has a 7 Mohs hardness, similar to the agate.

Worm holes in this wood were silicated to create the bright white cylinders. Peanut Wood is found sporadically around Australia & collected, not mined.

Peanut Wood is a “Petrified Wood”. But what is a Petrified Wood ? Rather than being a fossil, which is normally created as an impression or a compression of the original living creature or plant. A Petrified Wood is a three dimensional replacement of the original plant. Its name is derived from the Greek word “petro” which translates as “wood turned into stone”. Petrified Wood is exactly that, a tree that has over a period of time turned into stone. The original living matter is normally replaced with a silicate such as Quartz.

Peanut Wood however, is not your normal Petrified Wood. Before it became petrified, it was swept into the ocean. The ocean washed & cleaned the wood & turned it into something that would resemble driftwood that we might see on a beach today. In the ocean this driftwood came under attack from shell fish known as Teredo (also known as Shipworm). Just like wood worms, they created little bore holes & tunnels into the wood. As the attacks increased, the wood got heavier & heavier, it was no longer able to float & sank to the sea bed. Here the bore holes became filled with a lightly-coloured sediment. Over a period of time, the wood became covered with more & more layers of mud & sediment & eventually the petrification process began.

Its name Peanut Wood was given to the gemstone as the lightly colored boreholes resemble peanuts trapped in a toffee.

The petrification process was believed to have occurred around 120 million years ago. The gem is normally of a Quartz composition making it very durable for setting in jewellery.

It is found along the edges of the Kennedy Ranges about 100 miles inland from the coastal town of Carnarvon, Western Australia. The age is Cretaceous which makes it around 70 million years old.

Peanut Wood Jasper Metaphysical Properties -

Petrified wood is a good stone for grounding & stabilizing emotions. It is particularly useful in calming survival-based fears, as it assists one in accessing their practical side for answers, then offering a feelings of safety & security. It is a stone of business success & general protection, helps one feel ageless. It also offers "gentle hours in the day", to assist one in keeping pace with the day, keeping the hours from neither hurrying by or moving to slow. You are therefore moving forward in a good & steady way. It helps one feel that all will be right, & to be connected to their spirit in such a way that ones knows that time is not really what it appears, & that there is no such real thing as time, just forever.

During a crisis, a piece of Petrified Wood will give you strength & support, providing insight into cause & effect. You will remember lessons, avoiding repetitive mistakes. Petrified Wood will help you forget petty worries, so that no thought or action is useless.

Petrified Wood is an excellent gemstone for leaders. It has endured the ravaging changes of time & become stronger, as will you if you ask for its help in your leadership role.

It's 'Stone of the Earth', perfect for use after an especially heightened meditation or after channeling to keep our feet on the ground.

Peanut Wood can help encourage mental stability, very good for those who are not overly good at making decisions.

This stone can also calm hyperactive children & help in balancing teenagers who are going through emotional & confusing stages.

Peanut Wood Jasper will help on focus at the right times on the more physical & earthy. Instills Strength of Character & helps one live by ones ideals. It can help encourage mental stability. Promotes patience.

Can also be used by women who are going through menopause to help find stability & understanding.

Peanut wood provide support in a crisis-period of dis-ease by providing insight into causes & lessons. It is a stone of transformation & assist in achieving higher levels of awakening.

Peanut wood is silicated (or opalised) & can be used to strengthen the back & alignment of the skeletal system.

Petrified wood consists of ancient trees that a millennium ago were covered with mineral rich water, that water slowly dissolved the wood & came to replace it with the different minerals within the water.

Being that it is fossil, it is ruled by Sky. As well due to its great antiquity, it may be carried or utilized in spells designed to extend a life span or to increase enjoyment, & evolution within lives. It is also helpful in rites to recall past life incarnations.

Chakra Classification:

Petrified wood provides great energy to the 4th, or Heart Chakra.
The amorphous tree quartz works best on the 1st, or Root/Base Chakra and protects from arteriosclerosis.