Badger Pocket Petrified Wood Slab – Sycamore pattern with yin yang display – 1940s ultra rare
This exceptional opalite Badger Pocket slab showcases the distinctive sycamore wood grain this ultra-rare material is famous for. The piece displays a stunning yin yang black and white contrast creating a balanced, artistic composition. Sized perfectly for one cabochon, this irreplaceable specimen comes from the single tree extracted in the 1940s before the site became a military firing range.
SPECIFICATIONS
• Material: Natural Badger Pocket Petrified Wood (Sycamore)
• Dimensions: 49mm x 39mm x 6mm (Inches - 1.9" x 1.5" x 0.2")
• Weight: 19 grams (0.67 oz)
• Origin: Yakima Valley Firing Range, Washington, USA
• Condition: Unpolished slab - ready for your project
Badger Pocket Petrified Wood is among the world's most rare lapidary-grade petrified woods. Badger Pocket was mined in the 1940s in what is now the Yakima Valley Firing Range. Only one sycamore tree of this material was ever extracted, and every piece comes from that original tree. Even 80 years later, this material remains wildly popular, as it represents one of the finest petrified sycamore trees ever discovered.
WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL
The yin yang black and white display creates exceptional visual balance in this piece. As material from the single tree ever discovered, this represents irreplaceable lapidary history from the 1940s.
PERFECT FOR
• Cabochon cutting
• Display specimens
• Museum quality collectors
PHOTO NOTE: All photos wet to show polish potential, except last photo (dry) to examine natural flaws. Colors vary on monitors.
This is a one-of-a-kind piece - the exact slab shown in photos.
