Name/Title
SycamoreEntry/Object ID
78.58.117Description
Assemblage Zone: sedimentary
Chemical Composition: Si O2
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Description: Family: Platanaceae
Genus: Platanus
Common Name: Sycamore
Age: Miocene
Location data: Ellensburg, Washington
Description: Thick slab with polished face from Badger Pocket, or "Gopher Pocket" near Ellensburg, Washington. Wood has been "Opalized". Polished side shows large wide crack through center. It is filled with colors of clear and browns. Central wood area is in whites, yellow and brown silicate. Central zone is surrounded by a jagged growth ring in beiges and black. Outer wood is in white, cream, greys, black and yellow.
Size: 6.250"x 7.875"x 1.125"
Type of Fossils Present: Plants
Fracture: conchoidal
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 7 Quartz
Luster: Glassy
Occurrence: Silicified wood, which is the fossilization and/or opalization of organic woody matter by the deposition of SiO2 in a anaerobic environment to prevent decay. This means that the wood must somehow be buried in an oxygen free enviroment, possibly in the silt-laden river or the bottom of a lake or buried by volcanic ash or volcanic related mudflow. The organic material in the wood is then replaced by silica, other minerals determined the colors of the petrified wood.
Pressure: Moderate
Rock Color: Medium
Rock Origin: Post-depositional
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Specific Gravity: 2.6
Surface Process: Not apparent
Streak: white
Temperature: Low
Texture: microcrystalline
Variety: Petrified wood is hydrous microcrystalline variety of quartz that can be defined in general term of chalcedony or opalizationCollection
Petrified Wood CollectionAcquisition
Accession
78.58Source or Donor
Delmar Smith Petrified Wood CollectionAcquisition Method
DonationOther Names and Numbers
Other Number
Other Number: 78.58.117Dimensions
Width
7-7/8 inDepth
1-1/8 inLength
6-1/4 inDimension Notes
Dimension taken at widest pointsLocation
Location
Display Case
PW-3Room
Petrified Wood RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
ExhibitMoved By
Jillian Mather KettleyDate
February 28, 2025Notes
Installed after rebuild of case 3
