97. Circle Cliffs. Triassic. Thick full round slice with a fine display of characteristics found in Circle Cliffs wood. I acquired this from the museum in Pulman, Washington. They had doubles in the Jacklin Collection that they sold in order to purchase other specimens and to repair some of the older pieces. This was unpolished and thankfully not glued. Before it became part of the Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, I very much enjoyed rock hunting in the Circle Cliffs. At the time, an area called Wolverine Petrified Wood Area was fenced off and clearly signed as no collecting. It was a square mile. The collectors were fine with that. Now millions of acres are preserved, ensuring that petrified wood specimens that otherwise been collected to the joy of a thirsty, gnat bitten, sore-footed rockhound, now will dissolve into sand in fairly short order. Appears in Ancient Forests on page 279 with a full page image. 23 by 30 cm polished face; two cm thick; five pounds and fifteen ounces. $1600
98. Lightning Bolts. Circle Cliffs. Triassic. Thick full round slice with a dramatic display of lightning bolts in a dark sky. Featured in Petrified Wood on page 104. 15 by 17 cm polished face; 12 mm thick; one pound and seven ounces. SOLD
99. A slice from part two of The Talk of the Show. Jurassic; Morrison formation. Eastern Utah. Full round remarkably perfect probable Araucaria with beautiful reds, yellows, and violet/lavender. This came from one of the most striking and incredibly perfect petrified logs ever to come out of the Morrison formation, the same log as Utah 1. 15 by 11 cm polished face; 18 mm thick (because I cut it); one pound and one ounce. SOLD
100. The Most Perfect Yellow Cat Red Wood Piece. Yellow Cat Flats, Utah. Full round carnelian agate fossilized wood limb section with the most alluring polished face imaginable – it draws you into its depth. It’s on the cover of Petrified Wood and also on pages 26 and 118. It’s really unbelievable. Found by Ivan Kladder, a locally (Western Colorado) famous red wood hunter from way back when. He was a lawyer who worked with mining companies and travelled all over Utah for his work, always on the lookout for petrified wood, which was his passion. He had a secret red wood location in the Yellow Cat vicinity. When he went digging out there, he was extremely secretive. He and his lovely wife, Nyla, would take two cars. Nyla would stay back as lookout to be sure no one was following Ivan. They used walkie-talkies. When done for the day, he reburied his workings. 4 by 5 cm polished face; 5.5 cm long; six ounces. $6000
101. Yellow Cat Red Wood. Full round limb section with one polished end. Gorgeous parallel onyx banding. Ex-Kladder. 3 by 4.5 cm polished face; 6.5 cm long; six ounces. $1200
102. Tusher Red Wood. Full round limb section with one polished end. Gorgeous parallel onyx banding. The red wood found in the Tusher vicinity is distinctly distinguishable from Yellow Cat red wood. This dreamy red and purple specimen is a great example of that. Appears in Ancient Forests on page 271. 47 by 53 mm polished face; 5.5 cm long; eight ounces. $900
103. Yellow Cat Red Wood. A spectacular large hunk of red wood with beautiful exterior wood detail and an amazing set of red orbs on a field of crystalline quartz. The light gray section is naturally occurring barite. Ex-Kladder. A closeup appears in Petrified Wood on the front jacket flap and on page 29. 6.5 by 11 cm polished face. 4.5 cm thick; one pound and six ounces. SOLD
104. Yellow Cat Red Wood. Full round log end with one natural end and one polished side. Exceptionally large for Yellow Cat and in remarkable condition. I just spent a while looking at it under my microscope. Fantastic journey. 13 by 8 cm polished face; 2.5 cm thick; one pound and thirteen ounces. SOLD