Petrified Wood

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Petrified Wood

Entry/Object ID

78.58.104

Description

A 1.2 cm thick slice of petrified wood from Sweet Home Oregon, West Central Oregon. (Donated to crater high school for their yearly auction, 10/11/1997). Colors: polished sideshows distinct growth lines in cream running through wood in various shades of brown in a dark central zone, with a dark brown rim. Outermost edge is in cream and golden colored wood. Is small cream-colored area is located in dark central zone. Probably from Oligocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era (~40 mya).

Collection

Delmar Smith Collection

Dimensions

Width

17.5 cm

Depth

1.2 cm

Length

22.5 cm