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Catalog Number |
1-232ABCD |
Object Name |
Wood, Petrified |
Description |
Partially petrified piece of wood recovered from 150 feet below the Yakima River near Ellensburg during a boring project in 1931. The tree was apparently largely intact, 7 feet wide at the base and a minimum of 30 feet tall, encased in basalt. Three newspaper clippings included in catalog number as well. Text of a newspaper clipping accompanying the wood 12,000,000 Year Old Tree Found Under River Bed A piece of a seven-foot tree estimated to be 12,000,000 years old, found below the bed of the Yakima River, has been identified as a species of Sequoia, closely akin to the Sequoia in California today. The wood was identified by Arther Koehler, expert of the United States forest products laboratory. The piece was taken from a log encountered when a United States reclamation service tunnel was being driven. It was a solid basalt, believed to have been poured out of the Columbia Plateau volcanoes 12,000,000 years ago. |
Dimensions |
H-4 W-3 L-4.5 inches |
Search Terms |
North America Yakima River, WA Ellensburg, WA Washington State Natural History |
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