
SiS: Porcelain Polished Petrified TREE FERN slab - BEAUTIFUL Orange Heart Fossil
This is one of the single finest examples of this very high grade of tree fern fossils that you can find on the planet. This highly silicified and finely detailed fossil log produced cabinet specimens that many collectors across the country have put into their own display cases. The reason this variety is so prized is because of the polish we're able to coax from the unbelievably hard agate!! The stone is a bit like the picture jaspers that are often made into jewelry here in the northwest and takes a very similar, porcelain like polish. We've coaxed a beautiful polish from the face of this amazing natural wonder, ready to show in your own collection!About 20 years ago in Tucson I saw some fabulous petrified tree fern specimens the likes of which I'd never layed eyes on. They were detailed, fascinating in their structure, and very colorful. They had the typical (poor) import polish on them, but I purchased several nearly complete specimens, brought them home and reworked them into