perfect preservation SYCAMORE McQueen Ranch Sweet Home polished petrified wood

Description

Sycamore (Platanus sp.)
Little Butte Formation, Mehama Volcanics unit, Oligocene
McQueen Ranch, Sweet Home area, Linn County, Oregon
Here is an outstanding sycamore specimen recovered from the logging project at the McQueen Ranch.  This log is very highly agatized and would have been in a more favorable spot when the silica-bearing groundwater began percolating through the area and thus got the lion's share of the silica early.  The result: one of the best preservations we have seen.  And, the contrasting colors of the slab make a great pattern as well!  Check our photomicrograph to see how perfect the preservation is for this specimen. It measures 5.5" x 6" on the polished face and it is a slab 7/16" thick.
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 think we got some of the best!  If you have been following our website during the past year you have already seen what interesting and beautiful specimens that the logging operation uncovered.  The lapidary that obtained nearly all of the logs and limbs continues to produce really neat pieces like this one, which is different!  The McQueen 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.  As a matter of fact, the mineralization diversity at the McQueen site is simply remarkable.  Add this beauty to your collection!
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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