gold pendant with palmoxylon

A 14-carat rosé gold ‘faux’ perfume flask pendant with palmoxylon – or petrified palmwood – with stopper on a fine woven chain, circa 1810.

This unusual fossil was formed between the Cretaceous and the Miocene periods (app. 84.9 to 11.6 million years ago)!

weight: 4.88 g
length: 3.7 x 2.1cm