The earthy natural shades in this ancient fossil tree are classic Madagascar! The wood structure combines with very gemmy agate to produce a true work of natural art. The wood preservation in this log is particularly appealing and appears to show the earliest stages of decay in some regions which produced a lattice of agate & crystal filled cavities for a particularly beautiful presentation! This is a medium sized and very attractive, virtually perfect round cut from the center of a choice petrified wood log from Madagascar! Many have seen the bland, lifeless specimens from this remote island nation, but you haven’t really seen what the other side of the world can produce until you’ve seen one of the specimens we’ve prepared in our shop with a mirror finish unmatched by any petrified wood you’ve ever seen before! Color like this is hard to find and when finished properly provides one of the most beautiful natural displays you’ve ever laid eyes on!! A gorgeous collectible fossil Araucaria specimen and one of the best from the log, so don’t miss it! One of the largest and most productive petrified forests on the planet is on the huge island of Madagascar off the southern African coast. While many have seen the bland and lifeless specimens that are most typically found in this huge deposit, few have had the opportunity to see the top grade, colorful gem fossils that are occasionally unearthed there. Fewer still get to see them properly prepared with a mirror finish to reveal all of the rich fossil wood grain and color! Even the rind on this log is amazing, offering up a perfectly contrasting sandy texture that still looks like a log today. Last year we located a new source of logs that have produced some truly museum grade specimens and this stunning monster is definitely one of them! The material was so good in fact that I travelled halfway around the world to be able to select the best pieces this particular forest had to offer! The color alone makes it a collector piece – but add in all the other features in this nearly flawless specimen and you can see why I was so excited to have found the log! They truly do not get much better than this folks, no matter what forest you’re looking at! It’s just amazing how beautiful petrified wood can be and this fine specimen found halfway around the world shows to what lengths people will go to bring these treasures to market! If you don’t own a top grade piece from this increasingly important deposit yet in your own collection, this is your chance. This is a complete round cut from the center of a nice sized log. It shows the distinct (and uncommon to see so well in logs from this location) honeycomb grain structure of modern conifers (no resin canals visible) which makes it related to modern fir and sequoia (it’s probably araucaria). This stone has been professionally polished on our own custom built lap that produces a flat face and a mirror perfect shine. It is a full slab cut from the center of the log. The polish really is liquid perfect – a difference in the quality products Sticks-in-Stones has built its reputation on! It measures about 9 7/8″ x 8 1/8″ in diameter. It’s cut about 0.55 thick. Weight is 2.98 lbs. The item “SiS DARK WARM COLORS 10 Madagascar Petrified Wood Round CLASSIC GEM WOOD” is in sale since Wednesday, May 22, 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.