Utah petrified wood has the colorful and solid agate that the deserts around the Henry Mountains are famous for. My dad found this rock many decades ago when there was still rock like this to be found out there.
 
This piece is a sort of dark purple and has clear, consistent color rather than showing the wood grain. The "bark" can be seen in just a few spots.
 
The reason there is so much good material around the Henrys is that they are a late blooming igneous laccolith that has punched through the surrounding Colorado Plateau sedimentary formations ... the same formations that have yielded Yellow Cat wood, agatized barites, and dinosaur bone ... and tilted many of them up to expose the formations in deep canyons.
 
I tell people that "I'm not a great rockhound. That was my dad." So, whenever I list a rock, I always search to see what others are charging. In this case, however, I've decided to price it as a bargain. That's what the "Christmas stocking" means.
 
If you're interested in more rocks, you can save a few dollars by combining several items into the same custom order.  There will be just one shipping charge in a cost-effective USPS flat rate padded envelope. Send a message before ordering so we can set up the order. I do a lot of my business through custom orders and I love to work with people to get just the right rocks you're looking for.