SiS: ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE 9 " Blue Forest Petrified Wood Round - TRIPLE WOW
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I have another world class specimen to share that I think will really amaze!This is a really attractive Blue Forest petrified wood round that is arguably one of the finest I've ever had the pleasure of polishing. The wood grain is actually very, very finely detailed and easily visible in this gem fossil and it is loaded with really nice insect borings. This one is truly perfect, extra-colorful and nicely preserved - they don't get ...much better! The honey colored calcite combines beautifully with the blue agate to form an absolutely gorgeous specimen. There are some really stunningly beautiful blue agate regions framing the gorgeous wood grain in this one. If you look closely under magnification, you'll also see a large colony of tiny ostracods (seed shrimp) revealed in the cut and polished face near the bottom rind - a prized fossil addition to an already fascinating fossil treasure! Just look at the detail in that mirror perfect polish the likes of which only the Sticks-in-Stones Rockshop can deliver and our imitators can't match! The gorgeous wood grain forms a stunning radial pattern - a great show piece! Here's an absolutely museum grade Blue Forest petrified round cut from the center of a perfectly formed log that's got it all. There's a lot of brilliantly colored blue agate framing the perfectly preserved log frozen inside. It's got really nice wood preservation throughout with a very well defined heart in the center of the log and the most stunning wood grain you'll ever see in one of these pieces! It's accented with more than its share of blue agate too! I'm amazed at the detail in the blue fortification agate that filled the voids around this log - the agate alone would make this a collector piece - coupled with the absolutely flawless petrified wood round inside it becomes a real collection centerpiece! There are even several easy to spot insect boring trails in the wood! You could wait a long time and not see a piece this dramatic - it's really a fabulous addition to any petrified wood collection! The Blue Forest is a uniquely preserved bed of small branches and occasional logs in central Wyoming. The digging is hot and dusty, but every once in a while you stumble on a real treasure and this little log is one of them! The dark, blue/black, coffee and chocolate colors the wood is preserved in are characteristic of these specimens, as are the infusions of blue agate that filled the cracks and coated the log! This is a perfectly flat slice from the center of a larger than average sized log from a pepperwood tree. It's been cut and polished to show off all the gemmy detail from this 50 million year old treasure captured inside. It took a pretty awesome polish - something we strive to produce on every specimen we put our name on! The fibrous cell structure of the radial wood grain is exceptional and easily studied with a hand lens. This is a nice, eye catching specimen, and it is close to perfect - something that will show proudly in any collection. It measures about 9" across the polished face and is sliced to a maximum of about 1.5" thick (rough and natural on the back so it varies a bit). Weight is 2.54 lbs. Stands shown sold separately. A nice, unique naturally wonderful stone collectible exclusively from Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary.
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