SiS: Pretty & Unusual Northern ARIZONA Petrified Wood Display Piece
Item History & Price
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This is one of the more uncommon forms of petrified wood we've had from Arizona in some time. Several cuts from this log revealed the highly prized fungal growth attachments that this particular petrified forest can sometimes demonstrate though I see only small hints of it on this particular piece. I've seen a few dramatic pieces of this material over the years, but this was the first log I've cut that showed full length fossil fungal g...rowth in several areas. While this piece appears to be mostly agate and fossil wood, the cell and growth structure is amazingly well preserved. This beautiful piece of wood is one we spotted in the rubble of some incomplete petrified logs and only recently got around to cutting and polishing! It's a large stand-up display specimen cut from a section of what must have been an enormous log. The cut and polished face is prepared with our signature mirror finish to really bring the stone to life! This is a piece of petrified wood from the state that has what is arguably the most famous petrified wood deposit around - the great Arizona Petrified Forest! Don't worry, this wood was surface collected from a private ranch many counties away near Flagstaff, not pirated away from the National Monument. Despite some of the wild claims you see in various eBay auctions, this wood is still quite available and legally for sale at reputable rockshops including the big one just outside the monument. The problem with being famous is the folklore that follows I suppose. This lovely specimen is a very attractive and unusually patterned earthy colored and natural wood toned chunk that really shows the wood grain and color off better than some of the giant display pieces can! This piece is cut as a "stand-up" for displaying. If you haven't seen our standup specimens before, they are larger, blockier pieces of petrified wood cut in such a way as to present a sloping face so the pieces can be enjoyed sitting on a table, desk, shelf or mantle and the polished face is visible whether you are standing in front of them or over the top of them. The pieces are quite solid and meant to be handled. A quick squirt of windex will remove fingerprints from the glassy polished surface. This lovely piece of fossil wood is ground, sanded and polished on a series of special laps we built to bring you the highest quality lapidary finish available on the market. The Sticks-in-Stones polish is something our customers have come to appreciate and seek out. We guarantee you'll be impressed too! This piece stands about 4 1/4" tall and measures about 8 1/4" wide across the mirror polished face. Weight is 2.1 lbs. Another Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary quality stone collectible!
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