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SiS: STUNNING Orange Petrified Wood Round - BRILLIANT!

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Sold Date: 03/25/2009
Channel: Online Auction
Source: eBay
Category: Natural History

This is one of the most colorful of the collecor grade slabs this fine log, or indeed this entire deposit, ever produced! You won't see a more intensely orange Argentina petrified wood round anyw! That rind around the outside is also petrified bark which is rare in most petrified wood deposits as water tumbling usually stripped the trees of bark before the logs were petrified (imagine the driftwood you see on most beaches). To get such perfect, thick bark on a round is a nice treat! T are a couple of fracture lines that I'v estabilized, they stem from a strange orange mineral inclusion that expanded when the stone was soaking after cutting.

This is one of the most beautiful, complete petrified wood rounds from one of the most exotic new locations I've seen in quite a while. This very fine grade of petrified wood came from the southern tip of South America in Argentina! It is what remains of an ancient forest that thrived many millions of years ago. This round comes from one of the newest logs we've obtained from that part of the world. We were able to get some of the best logs we've ever seen recently and this round is one of the first we've finished from that acquisition. I was under the impression that Argentina wood was rather bland based on the poor quality, blah brown specimens I'd seen in the past until I came across these logs! This exquisite fossil specimen is a conifer of some sort, but I can't venture a guess as to which one. The color is quite striking and makes an immediate impression - the orange sections look like the brightest smoke salmon color you've ever seen! T are wonderful peach and subtle yellow tones in the outer round and the interior agate is actually translucent! I'm very excited by these new logs and the wonderful, high quality specimens they've produced! Quality like this is hard to find anyw and this important deposit is capable of producing some true collector grade rounds with color and wood preservation that rivals the finest speicmens anyw!

This top quality round is not only 100% t, rind and all, but it has some of the most stunning growth ring detail you'll ever see in petrified wood. If the timeless mystery of this piece isn't enough for you, then I'm certain the simple, natural, gemmy beauty of it will be. The colors are warm and rich and the entire piece is completely preserved in a very high grade of agate. The high agate content allows this stone to be polished to a liquid perfect, lustrous finish that only the best grades of fossil wood can achieve. This round is on the smaller size for the logs we purchased this year, but the color is really unmatched. It's a great collector size to fit nicely into most display cabinets.

This round is is a perfect slice taken from the center of a very solid log. It's really a nice piece, but what else would you expect from eBay's original Rockshop! Polished to the highest standards, we guarantee you'll be pleased to show off this fine specimen in your own collection.

This piece measures 5 3/4" across the mirror polished face and is cut about 0.38" thick. Stands sold separately.

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