SiS: CHATOYANT 11+ lb. Petrified Wood GIANT SEQUOIA Bookends -GEMMY FOSSIL WOOD

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SiS: CHATOYANT 11+ lb. Petrified Wood GIANT SEQUOIA Bookends -GEMMY FOSSIL WOOD:
$159.00

This is a large andabsolutely gorgeous pair of petrified wood bookends crafted from truly ancient gem grade fossil wood. The beautiful stone you see now was once a growth ring rich section from the trunk of a giant sequoia ancestor. Ithas beentransformed over millions of yearsin a miraculous processto produce some of the most beautiful petrified wood you\'ll find anywhere on the planet! This log was dug recently in Central Oregon near the town of Ashwood. It\'s some of the highest quality,most beautifully polishedpetrified wood you\'ll find anywhere. Some parts of this log are actually chatoyant, including multiple areas in the polished face of this pair of bookends! Chatoyance is an optical effect where the stone appears to move or have shadow in it - a phenomenon most people first observe in stones like tigereye. It\'s visible in this pairthrough most of the polished face! Thisset is one of our medium sizedbut more dramatic pairs and it shows a ton of great wood grain. The trunk of this tree was about 5 feet in diameter, so the several dozen growth rings you see clearly in the mirror polished faces of these stone bookends are just a small fraction of the life span of this massive tree! This wood is not only beautifully colored and finely preserved, it\'s incredibly well agatized and took a magnificent polish. It\'s the quality of our finishes on world class specimens like this one that sets Sticks in Stones Lapidary apart from the rest!

This is a really beautiful specimen of the petrifiedwood found near Ashwood, Oregon. The ranch this massive tree was excavated on is private and does not normally allow any sort of rockhounding, but a single massive log was dug recently and produced a nice selection of blocky specimen grade pieces in the process. In this case we found a large enough piece to cut perfect \"book matched\" mirror image bookends, with absolutely gorgeous gem quality agate in many colors preserving this ancient fossil in exceptional detail. The exterior rindis rough and natural as it came from the ground, but the mirror polished face reveals countless growth rings and structure from an ancient sequoia giant!You can still see the wood grain in perfect detail. It looks just like a piece of firewood today would look. The inside however is a richly colored array of gem quality agate that preserved the wood grain beautifully in every detail! The growth rings in this attractive fossil specimen are very well defined and flow artfully. These are particularlyfine in this piece indicating that it was a veryslow growing tree, as you\'d expect for it\'s size.It\'s really a lovely specimen!

We select only the showiest pieces of petrified wood and other gemstones to cut into bookends. These pieces are carefully cut in our shop so that you end up with a perfectly matched pair, one agate piece is the mirror image of the other. Of course, there are plenty of differences in the two halves, but the photo should let you appreciate how well we do this. The bookends sit perfectly upright and are completely square to one another. They are felted on both the sides and bottom to protect the books and the shelf. We make sure they are 100% functional on top of being beautiful! Of course, these agates proudly show the perfect polish that the Sticks-in-Stones rockshop has dedicated itself to. The finish looks poured on - but there\'s nothing there except rock!! This is the only set of bookends we have cut from this location so don\'t miss this fabulous natural treasure!

Each half measures about 8 5/8\" tall &6\" wide at the widest spot on the polished face. They\'re cut about 1 3/4\" thick. Weight for this set isabout11.14lbs. which makes these bookends suitable for just about any sized book you have including the typical sized text book or cook books.

What better way to accentuate a bookshelf or your mantle than with this unbelievable natural work of art!

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