Petrified Wood

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Petrified Wood

Entry/Object ID

78.58.91

Description

A .9 cm thick slice of petrified fossil wood from Oregon. Piece cut with grain. Colors: Polished side shows a dark grey middle containing green and red veins, surrounded by a thin orange line. Then green, brown, and beige at outermost edge. Probably from Oligocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era (~40 mya).

Collection

Delmar Smith Collection

Dimensions

Width

7 cm

Length

14 cm