| Accession #: |
NN2017.19B |
| Title: |
Petrified Wood |
| Object Type: |
Geospecimen |
| Participants: |
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| Physical Description: |
Petrified wood, with a purplish tinge to it. A quarter of a tree round |
| Description: |
Do you recognize any of these petrified wood species? An ancient petrified forest, discovered near Vantage, Washington in the early 1930s, showed evidence of a long-ago lush, wet climate. Some species that flourished during that Miocene period are now extinct - but not all. |
| Category: |
History |
| Dimensions: |
Object H x W 3 x 5"
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| Credit Line: |
Found in Museum Collection, 2017 |
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