This choice petrified log features not only exceptional fossil structure detail preservation, but also some of the most desirable color you’ll find in this petrified forest! At nearly a foot long, it’s also a rare collectible with exceptional external detail including several big knots. There are gorgeous subtle shades of green laced through the highly agatized, mirror polished face of this premium grade specimen log! It shows very well preserved and detailed fossil bark and/or cambium around most of the outer husk of the fossil! The area with the dimples appears to be where the log lay in contact with the ground before petrifying and experienced the beginning stages of decay, exposing the wood below the cambium of the trunk. The growth structure of this amazingly well preserved and complete fossil log is revealed in the mirror polished face where both annual rings and some very fine rays are bold and beautiful in the mirror polished agate face. As gorgeous as the finish of this gemstone fossil is, the exterior is what makes this species so fascinating! The texture of the bark looks just like a tree trunk you might encounter today! It’s almost unfathomable how much time has passed since this stone was a tree, but it’s story is there for you to hold in your hand now millions of years later! It’s a truly fascinating 100% natural work of ancient art! The hollow pith suggests to me that it is more likely a tree from the Dadoxylon genus, but positive identification in this case will take better reference materials than I have, and undoubtedly more expertise. It is clearly distinct from the Woodworthia more commonly found at this site in any event. One of the prettiest and most striking fossil formations you’ll ever see in petrified wood. This one has dark, highly agatized wood in a nice range of color, and represents some of the gemmiest wood available from this forest. This isn’t one of those dull, lifeless import finished pieces either. This log has been ground flat on our laps and polished to a mirror perfect shine in our shop to reveal all of the gemmy beauty hidden inside this amazing fossil. One of my all time favorites in a wonderful collector size specimen! 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 known Woodworthia 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 log is distinct from it’s temporal cousins found in the same deposit, and it’s ultimate identification remains a mystery. I’ve saved a similar specimen for my own collection and will happily compare notes as more information becomes available over time with the collector who obtains this piece. This wood is quite unique and really a much more interesting fossil than most of the woodworthia we get here in the US. The hints of green color are 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 is a full, complete section from a whole 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. This piece measures about 4″ across the polished face and is about 11 5/8″ long. Weight is about 10.6 lbs. The item “SiS PREMIUM QUALITY 10+ lb. Petrified Wood Log DRAMATIC African DADOXYLON” is in sale since Saturday, June 20, 2020. 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.