65. Amazing Escalante. Full round cut and polished on both ends. This was the first great cabinet specimen I owned. It was in a rock shop in Escalante, Utah in the 1980s, and even then it was from an old collection. Appears in Petrified Wood on page 107. 58 by 70 and 68 by 47 polished faces; ten ounces. $2000
66. Henry Mountains, southern drainage. Full round cut and polished on one end with one all natural end. Excellent representative for Henry Mountain wood. 7 by 8 cm polished face; fifteen ounces. $800
67. Henry Mountains, southern drainage. Full round cut and polished on one end with the bottom ground flat. Excellent representative for Henry Mountain wood. Nice knot. 7 by 8 cm polished face; fifteen ounces. $800
68. Escalante. Jurassic, Morrison formation. Full round end cut. Artful. 4.5 by 4.5 cm polished face; 13 mm thick; two ounces. SOLD
69. Henry Mountains, North Wash Knob. Jurassic, Morrison formation. Full round branch section cut and polished on one end. 5 by 5.5 cm polished face; 57 mm tall; nine ounces. SOLD
70. Henry Mountains, southern drainage. Jurassic/Morrison. Utah full round log section with deep reds and yellow … some green. Gorgeous, nature-sculpted exterior. Colors by The Force. This is a good example of a Utah full round. Remember first that the term evolved among the collectors who sprouted like mushrooms after a warm late summer rain in Utah, beginning in the 1950s and for about fifty years thereafter, before all the rocks had been found. Meanwhile, the same sort of phenomenon took hold at the same time in the Pacific Northwest, and those rockhounds came up with their own terminology. When the PNW collectors called a piece a full round, they meant pretty much the full log with a center and growth rings. That was because there were lots and lots of full logs for them to choose from in many disparate locations. Meanwhile, down in the oven-like Utah desert, rockhounds are jeeping all over the place and only very rarely finding an actual full log that was any good. But some of the specimens they found were like this one – nice all around with a lovely natural patina and astounding colors. It’s clear that all 360 degrees of the exterior diameter have spent millennia bathing in the winds and sands of the Henry Mountain laccolith aftermath, sanding themselves into objects of art … of wonder, as if magically. So “full round”? I say hell yeah, regardless of the fact that it’s easy to see that this piece was once part of a very large tree. Full round log section, cut and polished on one end and otherwise left as is. 6.5 by 11 cm polished face; 5 cm thick; one pound and eight ounces. $800
71. Henry Mountains, southern drainage. Reported as Trachyte Canyon. Triassic/Chinle formation. Utah full round log section with rich red and yellow. Remarkably perfect. 9 by 6 cm polished face; 45 mm thick; one pound and three ounces. $1200
72. Ming Log. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. A piece of The Ming Log, the only named log I’ve heard of from Yellow Cat. A famous log from a famous location. Ex- Ming and Jones. The story is that Lester Ming from Delta, Colorado, dug up a large log that has broken into pieces, back in the 1950s. The wood is famous because it’s so beautiful. Utah full round, all natural but for the one cut and polished face. 6 by 8 cm polished face; 5 cm thick; fourteen ounces. $2500
73. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Utah full round, all natural but for the one cut and polished face. Everything about it is spectacular. 5 by 8 cm polished face; 3.5 cm thick; nine ounces. 1500
74. “Pre-Red Wood“. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Utah full round, cut on both ends and polished on one. This is the type of wood my friend Vince called pre-redwood because it’s more brown than red, but no one really can say it would have become red wood or was once red wood. It seems more likely that this was it. Perhaps the concentration of iron oxides in this location was different. It’s quite nice, regardless. 4.5 by 7.5 cm polished face; 23 mm thick; five ounces. $700
75. Henry Mountains, southern drainage. Jurassic/Morrison. Utah full round log section, cut and polished on one end. Nice one. 4 by 5 cm polished face; 5 cm thick; eight ounces. $400
76. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Utah specimen round chunk, all natural but for the one cut and dome-polished face. Ex-Kladder. Absolute gemstone. Ivan put a lot of work into this one. 5 by 4 cm polished face; 57 mm thick; four ounces. $1000
77. Circle Cliffs. Triassic; Chinle formation. Ex-Helen Dahnke collection (a beautiful lady who lived a beautiful life and passed away in 2011). Full round remarkably perfect probable Araucaria log section. One natural end. Glassy black with red perimeter. Look at the pith area. It seems to have been alive as if this were sprouting. Pictured in Petrified Wood on page 108. 46 by 39 mm polished face; 2 cm tall; two ounces. SOLD
78. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Full round branch section, all natural but for the one cut and polished face. Ex-Kladder. It would be difficult, if not impossible, to find another red wood specimen this perfect. 5 by 4 cm polished face; 57 mm thick; four ounces. SOLD
79. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Specimen round log section, all natural but for the one cut and polished face. Ex- Ming and Jones. I doubt a better red wood specimen in this size exists. A stunning gem with gorgeous quartz crystals and a color combination designed to please. 33 by 40 mm polished face; 35 mm thick; four ounces. $500
80. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Specimen round log section, all natural but for the one cut and polished face. Very similar to the Ming log as deep red and blue inclusions are often seen together like this in it. When I acquired this piece, it appeared to have been cut and polished back when good equipment was hard to find. The polishing job was so bad that remnants of the saw marks were apparent. It was overall covered with scratches going in many directions and was uneven with several concave sections on the polished face. It took some work but the result is something I can brag about. This is one of the finest Yellow Cat pieces I have seen. Ground, sanded, and polished by FJD. 85 by 55 mm polished face; 28 mm thick; eight ounces. $2500
81. Yellow Cat. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Full round log section, all natural but for the one cut and polished face. Perfectly preserved. This one was also as poorly polished as the previous specimen. This is also one of the finest Yellow Cat pieces I have seen. Ground, sanded, and polished by FJD. Super rare naturally perfects full round. 6.5 by 5.5 cm polished face; 2.5 cm thick; four ounces. $1500
82. Yellow Cat. Eastern Utah. Full round cut and polished on both ends. Amazingly gorgeous, sculptured exterior. Wild inside under magnification. Dramatic orange and yellow bands around a druzy center vug, plugged at one end with barite or calcite. Ground, sanded, and polished by FJD. 4.5 by 6.5 cm polished faces; 27 mm thick; four ounces. $1500