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Might be worth saving. It would make an interesting looking table top, for example. The problem is trying to preserve it. That slab will shrink dramatically as it dries and will crack. I know there are products available to preserve the wood and mitigate this drying/shrinking. Pentacryl is often mentioned in cases like this. I have no experience with it, but my understanding is that whatever you do, it needs done very soon after cutting the slab, because the drying and shrinking will start almost immediately.
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I would definitely save it. Anchorseal is a product turners often use to deduce checking. Likely there will be some checking and that is a great opportunity to inlay some "butterflies".
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Oak splits easily and this will be in three pieces in 6 months or so. Heroic efforts might work but my record especially with oak cookies is poor. Pretty nice one there.
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Roll it in the garage and lean it against the wall and leave it. See what it does.
If it goes to heck, break it up and toss it in the fireplace.
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