PINE W/ POCKET ROT McQueen Ranch, Sweet Home, Linn Co. OR Polished Petrified Wood
Item History & Price
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Pine with pocket rot (Pinussp.)
Little Butte Formation, Mehama Volcanics unit, Oligocene
McQueen Ranch, Sweet Home area, Linn County, OregonThe McQueen Ranch has not produced petrified wood for quite a longtime, but a recent logging operation and the attendant soil disruption hasproduced some really nice specimens and we think we got some of the best! If you have been following our website during the past year you havealready seen what interesting a...nd beautiful specimens that the loggingoperation uncovered. The lapidary that obtained nearly all of the logsand limbs continues to produce really neat pieces like this one, which isdifferent and indeed a one-of-a-kind-log from this locality! The McQueen Ranch is directly across the road from the famedHolleywood Ranch which has consistently produced enormous amounts of petrifiedwood, but the two neighboring sites could not be more different inmineralization. As a matter of fact, the mineralization diversity at theMcQueen site is simply remarkable. This specimen is the core of anancient pine tree which was attacked by pocket rot fungus producing the polkadot pattern. The degree of fungal infection was so dramatic that there was barely enough preserved structure remaining to determine that it was a pine. Pocket rot is a When the logging operation is completeand the forest begins to regrow, there won't be any more petrified wooddiscovered from this site for a considerable period of time. So, if you like the strikingpatterns produced by this lovely material we suggest you acquire specimens foryour own collection before they are all gone - we did! This slab of the core of the tree measures 4.5" x 3.74" on the polished face and it is 7/16" thick. 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 do not know, we say so! Your specimen will come with a label identifying the common name of the tree, the Latin name of the genus or species, 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. Buyer to pay $14.35 for economy shipping to addresses in the United States. We are happy to ship internationally and international bidders should use the eBay postage rate calculator to determine the postal rate to their country. California buyers will be charged State Sales Tax. Be sure to check out our other auctions. We are happy to combine auction winnings to save you shipping costs.
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Little Butte Formation, Mehama Volcanics unit, Oligocene
McQueen Ranch, Sweet Home area, Linn County, OregonThe McQueen Ranch has not produced petrified wood for quite a longtime, but a recent logging operation and the attendant soil disruption hasproduced some really nice specimens and we think we got some of the best! If you have been following our website during the past year you havealready seen what interesting a...nd beautiful specimens that the loggingoperation uncovered. The lapidary that obtained nearly all of the logsand limbs continues to produce really neat pieces like this one, which isdifferent and indeed a one-of-a-kind-log from this locality! The McQueen Ranch is directly across the road from the famedHolleywood Ranch which has consistently produced enormous amounts of petrifiedwood, but the two neighboring sites could not be more different inmineralization. As a matter of fact, the mineralization diversity at theMcQueen site is simply remarkable. This specimen is the core of anancient pine tree which was attacked by pocket rot fungus producing the polkadot pattern. The degree of fungal infection was so dramatic that there was barely enough preserved structure remaining to determine that it was a pine. Pocket rot is a When the logging operation is completeand the forest begins to regrow, there won't be any more petrified wooddiscovered from this site for a considerable period of time. So, if you like the strikingpatterns produced by this lovely material we suggest you acquire specimens foryour own collection before they are all gone - we did! This slab of the core of the tree measures 4.5" x 3.74" on the polished face and it is 7/16" thick. 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 do not know, we say so! Your specimen will come with a label identifying the common name of the tree, the Latin name of the genus or species, 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. Buyer to pay $14.35 for economy shipping to addresses in the United States. We are happy to ship internationally and international bidders should use the eBay postage rate calculator to determine the postal rate to their country. California buyers will be charged State Sales Tax. Be sure to check out our other auctions. We are happy to combine auction winnings to save you shipping costs.
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