Sycamore from the Sweet Home Oregon Petrified Forest - polished petrified wood

Description

Sycamore (Platanus sp.)
Little Butte Formation, Mehama volcanics unit, Oligocene
McQueen Ranch, Sweet Home area, Linn County, Oregon
**  Black and white beauty!  The McQueen Ranch has not produced petrified wood for quite a long time, but a recent logging operation and the attendant soil disruption has produced some really nice specimens and we thing we got some of the best!  The ranch is directly across the road from the famed Holleywood Ranch which has consistently produced enormous amounts of petrified wood, but the two neighboring sites could not be more different in mineralization.  While the Holleywood site has produced mainly tan to rust colored specimens, the material found recently at the McQueen is black with with incredibly handsome agate patterning.  This sycamore is one of the examples of this material.  When the logging operation is complete and the trees begin to regrow, there won't be any more petrified wood discovered for a considerable period of time.  So, if you like the striking patterns produced by this lovely material we suggest you acquire a specimen for your own collection before it is all gone - we did!  This beautiful specimen measures 5.5" x 3.75" on the polished face and it is a 3/8" thick slab.
We specialize in petrified wood and plant fossils which are accurately identified as to locality of origin and family, genus or species. We don't guess and when we don't know, we say so! Your specimen will come with a label identifying the specimen, the locality where it was collected, the formation and age of the material and any other pertinent information we have gleaned from our literature search.
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