Petrified Wood

Object/Artifact

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Crater Rock Museum

Limb Cast

Limb Cast

Name/Title

Petrified Wood

Entry/Object ID

78.58.205

Description

Petrified Wood Museum location: Case #101 B bottom on the far left Common Name: Sequoia (petrified redwood) Age: Miocene (15 million years old) Location data: McDermitt, Oregon, USA Description: A piece of petrified driftwood from McDermitt, Oregon (southeast oregon). Piece has a knot at one end and a long limb extension. Colors: tans and browns. Piece is uncut and unpolished probably form oligocene epoch, (tertiary period, cenozoic era) Size: 20.00"x 7.00"x 3.750"

Collection

Petrified Wood Collection

Acquisition

Accession

78.58

Source or Donor

Delmar Smith Petrified Wood Collection

Acquisition Method

Donation

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

1978.58.205

Location

Location

Building

Mentzer Hall - Petrified Wood Room

Category

Permanent