I think I had several, Ebbie...I usually have a few around. No, they are not expensive..(well, not BEFORE CNN publicized them..*grin*)

I get them for something like a dollar a piece in larger orders, (more for special orders of larger sizes, but I don't usually need huge ones. There is occasional loss when I guess the angle wrong and ruin one, and I've found a couple of rotten/flawed ones.

Rita does pyrography (animals, flowers, etc.)on slices of them and I drill holes to make them into necklaces. (We don't do the slicing/polishing...that is done by the communities who gather & process them.)