Peanut Wood
“Peanut wood” is a petrified wood, generally of a black color with numerous borings, which were made by a marine wood-boring bivalve, Teredo.
Colors-: Rich browns, red/brown, grey, yellow/orange and black.
Hardness-: 7 on the mohs scale.
Transparency-: Opaque.
Occurrence-: Mooka creek, about 170 km east of Carnarvon in Western Australia.
Metaphysical Properties : .
- Grounding Stone.
- It creates a feeling of well being and vitality within us.
- It calms the nerves and can be helpful when coming through the crisis period of a disease.
- To remember our past lives and can be helpful in past life recall during meditation.
- Stone of transformation.
- Stimulates our inner sense of imagery.
- Used in the treatment of hearing loss and incontinence.
- Brings relaxation and reflection.