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Petrified Wood - Sequoia Type from Pineville, Oregon

Petrified Wood - Sequoia Type from Pineville, Oregon - Geospecimen
Accession #: 1223.2
Title: Petrified Wood - Sequoia Type from Pineville, Oregon
Object Type: Geospecimen
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Physical Description: Chunk of petrified wood, with one smoothed side. The coloration is white to grey-purple to black.
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
Geographical Reference: Cook County (National->Oregon)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 3 x 2.25"
Credit Line: Gift of Dale Lambert Estate

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