Wood and opal - not my pic but wanted everyone to see it!

Georgeous stuff!!!! I think I will need to pass at that price however. I will just save the pic........

Awesome piece! Wow what a price!!

I'm very skeptical that this is actually fossilized wood. I've seen a number of ironstone opals, mainly Koroit, with a suggestively similar structure. I notice the auction has been suspended by the Admin. Anyone know why, or has it just ended with no bids? I've never bid on that site.

A fossil wood known as Conk from Virgin Valley, NV sometimes displays veinlets or nodules of precious opal. Here's an example:

Rick

I've been finding wood with opal in it, of course nothing where I look has any fire at all. This (as you say) also looks very boulder-y.

In any case it is really pretty.

Just got an answer to that question from the Forum admin on that site and it looks like the suspension append because of a general rule about the number of active listings within the system. Its early days, but no voice has come up yet, about description of the stone or any other possible problems.

Speaking of Virgin Valley opal, a buddy of mine from California went out there a few years ago and bought one of those expensive unsearched scoops from one of the mines. He hit it so big it was unbelievable. He had abut half a five gallon bucket full of opalized wood, some of it almost like crystal, with fire throughout. Largest hunks were of a branch almost four inches thick but the nicest were little one inch thick clear limb sections, one even with a nice knot. I went over and took pics but blew it with most of them as the fire was hard to photograph but here are a few.....Mel