This is a nice, larger sized and unusually tinted green Hampton Butte round with a neat variety of colors and crazy wood grain! Though this is a vast and productive petrified forest, good rounds with nice color are a rare treat as most of what is found is incomplete and highly jasperized. I actually wonder if this might not have been some kind of fern - the structure is just obscured enough to make it difficult to separate from wood and this region produces both ...types of fossils. The random direction of the structure makes it look like a bundle of something and some of what you see under magnification could almost pass for petioles. Regardless of it's story, it's an attractive specimen that will provide hours of fascination for it's new owner. The stone is well silicified by Hampton standards and took a good polish, ready to be shown in your collection. 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 often more jasperized than agatized and is usually more of a cast than a wood replacement, though exceptions to both of these are certainly found. The logs are more often than not fairly fractured, but the colors are unmatched anywhere else. The dominant color is green - REALLY GREEN! These are 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 round is kind of tough to get a good photo of, but the color is pretty true on my monitor. It's a fairly green stone with an almost khaki hue. It stands out as an amazing natural specimen in a color rarely found elsewhere. There's a ton of white agate inclusions throughout the rock. It's got a pretty high agate concentration and took a reasonable polish - something we work hard to produce on every stone we sell! If you haven't seen our petrified wood specimens before then you've been missing one of the best treasures found on eBay! We work hard to find the best specimens from the most prized locations and then work with our magic to create a world class specimen for your collection. The piece is quite solid and meant to be handled. A quick squirt of windex will remove fingerprints from the glassy polished surface. It measures 10 1/2" x 7" wide and is sliced about 0.47" thick. Weight is about 2.16 lbs. Sticks-in-Stones Lapidary is happily providing UPS & USPS 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!