What could I possibly say that the picture doesn’t say better? ! This kind of shape and such unusual color in an absolutely flawless, beautifully shaped round is a very rare opportunity that even the most experienced collectors rarely encounter. We have the best selection of Hubbard Basin petrified wood you can find bar none and this magnificent piece stands out even in our display! The color in this piece is very unusual for this forest and contains some soft pastel pink/purple hues midway through the cross section that really separate this thick, larger sized slab from most of what you’ll encounter in this petrified forest. The wood grain and color combination truly make this a collectible Hubbard Basin specimen and the size and shape would actually allow the fossil slab to be used as a particularly rare and unusual table top. Look closely and you’ll see fine threads of crystal in the center of the slab. This is simply one of the most unique Hubbard Basin slabs you’re likely to come across even in the context of a petrified forest known for its diversity! It’s going to make a gorgeous and truly unique addition to some lucky new owner’s collection – here’s hoping it’s yours! Here’s an absolutely gorgeous, virtually flawless petrified wood round from one of the most prized petrified wood deposits ever discovered! If you aren’t familiar with the Hubbard Basin petrified wood from Nevada, you should be! It’s a very colorful variety, though true collectible pieces from this location are not plentiful. This piece has some of the most unusual variations to the colors that these coveted specimens are famous for. The swaths of color mixed with the well preserved growth rings appear to have been painted into the stone with the single intention of drawing a gasp from the fossil wood collector on sight! This one literally looks like an artists palette! Besides being beautifully colored, it’s also perfectly preserved. The flowing wood grain from this complete round starts at the heart and forms massive arcs through every region of this highly colorful wood. The cells are uncommonly well preserved for Hubbard Basin wood with virtually every colorful region showing excellent wood grain preservation right down to the ray cells within the growth rings! The detail in the lighter regions is washed out in the photo, but it’s easily visible in the actual stone. Hubbard Basin petrified wood is highly prized among fossil and gemstone collectors because of it’s uniquely beautiful blue color and gold, red, etc. It’s also some of the best agatized wood to be found and is sometimes even translucent. Wood is relatively scarce from this region and true collector pieces are very seldom encountered. The qualities that make a piece valuable are color, completeness, shape and fracture free – this piece has them all and several dozen open crystal cavities to boot! This is an extra large log cross section of petrified wood. This round is complete, and nicely sized although most of these specimens were from softer wood species and like their cousins in Cherry Creek (Nevada’s other famous deposit) they tended to get “squashed” in the ground forming oblong rounds when cut. This log was one of the rare exceptions to that rule, having maintained it’s original shape. This one is a conifer of some variety (probably spruce). 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. Our shop is unmatched in both the techniques and attention to detail to produce the finest petrified wood specimens available anywhere. Our work stands above that of the commercial vendors simply because we take the time to make each piece something we’d keep in our own collections which means you’ll be treated to a lustrous polish that still looks wet to the touch when you see this true collector gem! The piece is quite solid and meant to be handled. A quick squirt of windex will remove fingerprints from the glassy polished surface. 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 that others can only aspire to! It measures about 15 1/4″ wide and about 14″ tall on the polished face. It’s cut about 0.95 thick. Weight is 12.88 lbs. The item “SiS EXTRAORDINARY 15 Hubbard Basin Petrified Wood Round Large & Unique Slab” is in sale since Wednesday, May 1, 2019. 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.