Name/Title
BirchEntry/Object ID
07.58.88(?)Description
See image tag. Duplicate entry for 07.58.88 but this one better matches the object description.
Assemblage Zone: sedimentary
Chemical Composition: Si O2
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Description: Family: Betulaceae
Genus: Betula
Common Name: Birch
Age: Miocene
Location data: Vantage, Washington
Description: Thick slice with polished face. Yellows, light greens and tans with some light brown streaking throughout face with some growth rings visible.
Size: 3.500"x 3.250"x 1.00"
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 environment, 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 CollectionLocation
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
