FABULOUS GEMMY 10"+ Cherry Creek Petrified Wood Slab - Fossil Conifer, Nevada

This gorgeous and very gemmy petrified wood slab is even better than the photo can show with deep rich colors that are just gorgeous in person! It's been many years since I've had any of this wood to work with in the shop but a recent estate acquisition provided a couple of exciting new stones for us to cut! This is a very slow growing, tight ringed conifer slab that includes the center pith. You couldn't begin to count the growth rings in this medium sized cross-section slab but the tight, squiggly growth rings are very clearly preserved and easy to study under magnification. The exact species is beyond my skills, but it is a resin canal free conifer that grew very slowly. It's from Cherry Creek, Nevada, and shares some of the same gemmy characteristics that its neighbors at Hubbard Basin do. This is an old-time location that I haven't seen any new wood from in years. This slab was part of an estate sale purchase we made last year. We took great pleasure in cutting, sanding a