This is the last slab we have from this amazing extra-large log – don’t miss it! This is by far the single largest perfect specimen of this particular variety of petrified wood I have ever seen, let alone finished. It is certainly one of the more intricately detailed of the Zimbabwe, Africa, petrified Woodworthia specimens I’ve had the pleasure of offering in a couple of years! I had simply never seen a log this large out of this forest. This one has dark, highly agatized wood with strong rays and it really took an amazing, mirror like polish. It had to have been an old tree which I think accounts for the rot pockets (now crystal filled caverns) in the cut face. It also represents one of the prettier pieces from this forest and is absolutely the largest perfect specimen I’ve seen. One of my all time favorites in a wonderful collector size specimen! This round is from a larger log that still has the stellar rays emanating through the entire round from the spike knots this wood is identified from. In the last couple of years I’ve started seeing some really fascinating petrified wood coming into the US at the big import shows from Zimbabwe, Africa! The wood is typically green, brown and black and exceptionally well preserved on the exterior. The interior reminds me of a lot of the Utah wood in detail i. It’s hit and miss but the best pieces show beautiful spike knots leading up to the spine bases that coat the exterior logs. You’d recognize these specimens anywhere as the logs are consistently the same colors inside and out, and the exterior is coated with an unmistakable pattern of spine scars. The wood grain itself varies in quality, but the best of these pieces show spike knots in cross section (they look like rays coming from the center of the log) and a good cut will show several of them. This wood is quite unique and really a much more interesting fossil than most of the woodworthia we get here in the US. The green color is something you have to see in person to understand – it’s not really comparable to any other petrified wood and it’s difficult to get a representative photograph that really does the color justice. The wood has a reasonably high silica content so we’re able to coax a nice polish out of the specimen. This is one of the few complete rounds I was able to locate that really took a nice polish. If the timeless mystery of this piece isn’t enough for you, then I’m certain the simple, natural, gemmy beauty of it will be. The colors are dark and subtle, and the wood grain is unique to this exotic species. This round is cut from the center of a very solid log. It’s really a nice piece, but what else would you expect from a business named “Sticks-in-Stones”? ! We’ve applied all of our considerable lapidary skills to bring out a mirror finish and produce a specimen worthy of display in your own collection. You can also make out some of the spine scars on the edge of the slice. This piece measures about 9 5/8″ x 7 1/2″ across the polished face and is cut about 0.43 thick. Weight is 2.24 lbs. The item “SiS 9.5 Petrified Wood Round OUR LARGEST EVER WOODWORTHIA” is in sale since Sunday, January 1, 2017. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Rocks, Fossils & Minerals\Fossils\Vegetation\Petrified Wood”. The seller is “rockshop” and is located in Beaverton, Oregon. This item can be shipped worldwide.