SiS: INCREDIBLE GREEN & AGATE Hampton Butte Petrified Wood - RIP CUT Sculpture
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This is one of the most beautiful pieces we've cut from the Hampton Butte site petrified wood that I can recall seeing! It's a combination of green and earthy toned wood fossil heavily infused with translucent fortification agate! The wood texture is still visible on the outside edges of this log cast which formed in a perfectly shaped hardened mud void after the log rotted away before it could be petrified. This piece is cut with the grain to give that artf...ul brush stroke like pattern in the mirror polished face. The depth and color of this mirror polished fossil show piece is just stunning. It's a larger, truly unique and beautiful piece that has a fascinating if mysterious story to tell - good luck! Arguably one of the most well known and interesting petrified wood deposits in Oregon is the "Green Wood" deposit at Hampton Butte in Central Oregon. This wood is more jasperized than agatized and is often more of a cast than a wood replacement, though exceptions to both of these are certainly found. The logs are more often than not fractured, but the colors are unmatched anywhere else. The dominant color is green - REALLY GREEN! Green in more shades than my weed infested garden! These shades can be accented with white, yellow, red, orange and other classic jasper tones - but green is what it's all about if you're looking for a good Hampton Butte specimen. Not every piece will polish well, and they don't all look an awful lot like wood, but a good specimen is tough to beat and a must have for any serious petrified wood collection - or even if you just happen to love green! This big stand-up is kind of tough to get a good photo of, but the color is pretty true on my monitor. It's a very green stone with several distinct shades of green in the gemmy face. There are a lot of other shades as well, including a lot bright white quartz veins that really set the green off - a gorgeous color combination to be sure. It's got a pretty high agate concentration and took a nice polish - something we work hard to produce on every stone we sell! I don't see a lot of this wood for sale any more, but it really is one of the more brilliantly colored specimens you'll find in our great state and something you will undoubtedly appreciate most when you see it in person. Our stand-up display specimens are solid, blocky chunks with the base cut flat and the face cut at a steep sloping angle to make a natural display piece that doesn't need a stand. It's a beautiful way to show off petrified wood and it's tough so it's safe to handle (just don't drop it on your foot!). A quick squirt of Windex will safely wash away finger prints sure to develop when admirers instinctively touch the surface to see if it's wet - how else could it be so shiny!!? This is a pretty large specimen. It stands about 8 5/8" tall and measures about 6 3/4" wide on the mirror polished face. Weight is about 8.88 lbs. Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary is happily providing UPS shipping to greatly reduce shipping charges on large rock orders. We will combine auction items or provide additional items from our shop to bring you the greatest possible value in fine Lapidary & stone collectibles!
