This is one of the single finest petrified wood slabs I've ever prepared this year. It's a thick cut from a fossil hardwood that grew very slowly with exceptionally tight and incredibly well preserved growth rings that create both an amazing work of natural art as well as an incredible fossil specimen. The species is similar to modern walnut and I've included a microphoto to show just how well preserved this gemmy fossil wood is. It's easily one of the nicest Vantage area hardwoods I have in nice, larger display size with some of the best natural beauty and high detail fossil quality that we've seen in years! The site is famous among petrified wood collectors for the exceptionally glassy petrified wood (particularly hardwoods) the deposit produced. If you've ever just admired the photos and wanted to see how much better they were in person, this piece could easily start you on an odyssey that you can't imagine until you take that first step! Examine this exquisite fossil under a hand lens and discover another dimension to the hobby of collecting fine petrified wood specimens! I've included a micro-photo taken through my microscope to show you just how incredibly well preserved this amazing fossil gemstone treasure really is! The polish this stone achieved is truly mirror like. They just don't come any prettier folks!
This is a really beautiful specimen of the petrified wood found in our home state of Washington. The town of Vantage has several private ranches that have produced some truly stunning petrified hardwoods from time to time. The log that produced this incredible slab came to us from a local collector that sought us out knowing the slabs would become all they had the potential to be in our shop. We don't often agree to take on custom pieces but this one was so solid and had so much potential we agreed and I'm very glad we did! The log produced enough slabs that there is now a wonderful chance to add a fantastic quality show piece from a rarely seen location to your own collection! This wood is some of the best preserved, exceptionally agatized wood around. It has just a touch of opal which makes them polish up to look wet to the touch - they are simply gorgeous and the 3-D wood grain has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated!
This is a fully complete, perfect and gorgeous round taken from an intricately preserved hardwood. Just look at the detailed wood grain in the zoom view above! It's preserved with absolutely gorgeous gem quality agate with a high opal content in warm, natural wood tones forever capturing this ancient fossil. Like most of the pieces in this location, the stone has a high degree of opal, particularly near the rind. This helps the stone achieve a glass like finish in our shop that is truly breathtaking! The log interior revealed in the cross-section cut is a richly colored array of gem quality agate that preserved the wood grain beautifully in every detail! The cell structure from the growth rings in this attractive fossil specimen are amazingly well preserved all the way through the face.
It's cut from the center of a complete petrified log that allows you to see the rays, rings and other cell features very easily with a 10x loupe (the rings and rays are visible to the naked eye). This specimen has been carefully polished to show off all the gemmy detail inside. Pretty close to fracture free too. It's another one of those beautiful fossil treasures that some happy Sticks-in-Stones customer is going to flip over!
This virtually perfect, larger sized petrified wood round measures 13 1/4" x 10 3/4" wide and is cut approx. 0.95" thick. Weight is 9.14 lbs. Display stand shown is sold separately.
A nice, unique naturally wonderful stone collectible exclusively from Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary!
This is a really beautiful specimen of the petrified wood found in our home state of Washington. The town of Vantage has several private ranches that have produced some truly stunning petrified hardwoods from time to time. The log that produced this incredible slab came to us from a local collector that sought us out knowing the slabs would become all they had the potential to be in our shop. We don't often agree to take on custom pieces but this one was so solid and had so much potential we agreed and I'm very glad we did! The log produced enough slabs that there is now a wonderful chance to add a fantastic quality show piece from a rarely seen location to your own collection! This wood is some of the best preserved, exceptionally agatized wood around. It has just a touch of opal which makes them polish up to look wet to the touch - they are simply gorgeous and the 3-D wood grain has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated!
This is a fully complete, perfect and gorgeous round taken from an intricately preserved hardwood. Just look at the detailed wood grain in the zoom view above! It's preserved with absolutely gorgeous gem quality agate with a high opal content in warm, natural wood tones forever capturing this ancient fossil. Like most of the pieces in this location, the stone has a high degree of opal, particularly near the rind. This helps the stone achieve a glass like finish in our shop that is truly breathtaking! The log interior revealed in the cross-section cut is a richly colored array of gem quality agate that preserved the wood grain beautifully in every detail! The cell structure from the growth rings in this attractive fossil specimen are amazingly well preserved all the way through the face.
It's cut from the center of a complete petrified log that allows you to see the rays, rings and other cell features very easily with a 10x loupe (the rings and rays are visible to the naked eye). This specimen has been carefully polished to show off all the gemmy detail inside. Pretty close to fracture free too. It's another one of those beautiful fossil treasures that some happy Sticks-in-Stones customer is going to flip over!
This virtually perfect, larger sized petrified wood round measures 13 1/4" x 10 3/4" wide and is cut approx. 0.95" thick. Weight is 9.14 lbs. Display stand shown is sold separately.
A nice, unique naturally wonderful stone collectible exclusively from Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary!