VERY RARE VALE OREGON OPAL AGATE PETRIFIED WOOD DOME POLISHED LIMB RINGS 8. 1 OZ
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4361342 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
Up for purchase in this listing is an exceptional agatized petrified wood round originating from the Owyhee Mountains in Oregon from the Vale Wood Deposit! The light red colored bark is completely intact covering the entirety of the exterior of the round limb. The contour polished face is finished to perfection, allowing the viewer to get an excellent view of the circular ring segments. The color of the agatized wood is quite pleasing in highly translucent light blue-gray, white, tan, ...brown and cream. This specimen exhibits cellular replacement by mineralization, specifically growth structure and rings are apparent at the dead center of the well preserved round. I have only known two or three individuals in my life who had hunted and dug this wood and met all of them long after they were physically able to venture out to the location and definitely unable to adequately describe exactly where it was (or maybe still is?)! As of today, the old-time diggers I have known have all passed away and not one of my associates, even those in their ninth decade of life, is privy to the deposit's location! I do know that it originated in a large fossil producing area of the Owyhee High Desert somewhere between Adrian, Oregon going out towards Grassy Mountain and HooDoo Basin and continuing towards Vale, Oregon. I have hunted the land personally for over a decade and have yet to find any evidence of old digs or the location-defining matrix of red sand. The polished face measures 30mm by 28mm and the specimen is 129mm long. Photographed dry. The perfect round limb weighs exactly 8.1 ounces. I will combine shipping for multiple purchases as long as the specimens can be packaged in a manner that minimizes the potential for damage.
