This is a uniquely colored museum grade petrified oak round from the Deschutes River Canyon in Central Oregon. It's a larger, darker than average colored oak round from one of Oregon's prized petrified oak deposits - among the finest found anywhere. These really are fantastic colors for any oak, and to get them out of the Deschutes deposit is an extra treat! Just look at those high contrast medullary rays! Gorgeous show piece oak rounds like this are sought by collectors because the wood grain is so fascinating and so unmistakable. There is a beautiful star shaped desiccation cavity in the center of the log that really adds to the antiquated mystery of this natural wonder - absolutely breath taking! Of course we've polished this ancient fossil stone to a mirror polish, ready to display in your home!
I've seen some beautiful oak rounds from the Deschutes River canyon over the years, and this beautiful, darker colored round is among my favorites! It's a gorgeous, full pattern log with beautiful, rich coloration that really shows off the wood grain nicely. The petrified oak found in Oregon is one of the most prized and the most collected petrified woods in the world. These deposits form the foundation of the best oak found anywhere on the planet. There are three principal locations for petrified oak in the state. Deschutes canyon produced the most wood with mostly black and white colors. Stinking Water Creek comes next with the famous "golden oak" that is still found from time to time but increasingly difficult to obtain. The most intense petrified oak colors were found in the reds and pinks of Swartz Canyon. It is on private ground that is no longer open to collecting (and hasn't been for decades) so what you see now is all that will be. The same is true for the Deschutes oak log deposit. The color in this finely detailed round is much richer than many Deschutes wood specimens, and few are this flawlessly preserved. The details of this round's rays, growth rings and cell structure are lost on the relatively small photo, but even here the medullary rays weave like the ribs of a basket through the annual rings from the heart all the way to the bark - this gorgeous grain is why wood collectors are so drawn to oak! This is a highly agatized log so it matched well with our skills to coax a gorgeous, lustrous polish from this beautiful specimen. It's just amazing how beautiful petrified wood can be and the fine oak specimens found in this remote Central Oregon desert location are among the finest in the world. This piece has fabulous cell structure and wonderful eye appeal. The wood grain is very visible in this piece both in the form of annual growth rings and medullary rays. This is a nice, large sized specimen with incredible color, unprecedented contrast and a fantastic naturally round shape. It would make a wonderful addition (or foundation) for any collection. This stone has been professionally cut and polished on a special lap that produces a flat face and a mirror perfect shine. The polish really is liquid perfect - a difference in the quality products Sticks-in-Stones has built its reputation on! This choice round measures about 13 5/8" x 12 1/2" across the polished face. It's cut roughly 0.71" thick. Weight is about 8.38 lbs. A nice, unique naturally wonderful stone collectible exclusively from Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary - eBay's Original Rockshop! I accept payments from anyone with a credit card at PayPal - always FREE! |