This month in our workshop is something truly special emerged, a striking piece of Woodopal that’s been millions of years in the making. The journey began with a raw unassuming log shape fossil. Its outer surface still carrying the textures from ancient bark and stone. After carefully cleaning, the first hints of vibrant colors began to peek through, flashes of green, blue, fiery red, whispering of the treasures hidden inside
Though hours of meticulous hand-polishing each segment of this ancient wood revealed each onw personality:
- Brilliant play-of-colors with shimmering blues, greens, yellows, pinks, red and golds.
- Unique patterns where the original wood grain meets opal’s iridescent sheen.
- Natural knots that tell the story of a tree that once stood tall, now reborn as gemstone.
Opalized wood is a rare geological wonder,formed when silica-rich water replaced the organic wood fibers over millions of years. What Remains is not only a fossil but also a gemstone. ~Part history Part art~
Woodopals Log Puzzle with Knot and Occlude Branch Wound
This batch is available for collectors, lapidary artisans and anyone who loves natural beauty captured in stone. Whether kept as display pieces or transformed into jewelry. Each polished fragment carries both the soul of an ancient forest and the fire of precious opal.
“The Log Puzzle”
woodopal Log “The Log Puzzle” shorter end segment.
“The Spring Mountain”
From Easter Egg to The Spring Mountain. This Woodopal was in an oval shape as if it was an Egg, when it unearth. So we called it Easter Egg for awhile.
However as this mysterious piece cleaned patiently, appeared its first green color and as more and more the sticky dirt cleaned out, obviously so the form changed, along with disappearing the form, a few of color turned up. Blue and some other color of veins
The Spring Mountain Cleaned
Inasmuch as the form changed dramatically, we switched the name to “The Spring Mountain”, since this woodopal could be picturing Mountain desert rock formation out there.
The Spring Mountain Polished
Ancient wood filled with opal scattered all over the fractions, as if spring water flows through the mountain. This Woodopal specimen become shine after polished. Unrecognizable !
Both specimens “The Log Puzzle” and “The Spring Mountain’ are rare geological gems. Perfect for collectors or those who appreciate one-of-a-kind organic beauty.
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