Petrified Wood

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Name/Title

Petrified Wood

Entry/Object ID

78.58.59

Description

A slice of petrified wood with varying thickness from Crabtree Creek, Sweet Home, Oregon (west-central Oregon). Polished side shows two areas in black, one in the center, and one off center, surrounded by dark brown. Center is beige with a minute crystalline "moon crescent"; extending outward to shades of brown and finally beige at the edge. A circular knot in brown is obvious, and three areas of a swirled pattern. Larger black area has two areas of grey material. Growth rings apparent. Probably from Oligocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era (~40 mya).

Collection

Delmar Smith Collection

Dimensions

Width

16.5 cm

Length

25.4 cm