7-1/2" Petrified Swamp Bog (Gary Green) 22a52ec489a60c821ec4226747aefb1c adding to the interest and

adding to the interest and forming unusual specimens

much the same as in fine wood used for inlay purposes

Amber is used for many cosmetic purposes and in the medicinal field

a small tribe that have dwelled in the great Sonoran Desert for thousands of years

Crinoids began life some 530 million years ago

7-1/2" Petrified Swamp Bog (Gary Green) 22a52ec489a60c821ec4226747aefb1c adding to the interest andBetween 11 15 million years ago, during the Miocene time period, a volcano located near what is now called McDermitt, Oregon erupted, spewing ash and debris over a widespread area. That ash, contained a combination of iron, aluminium, potassium, sodium and calcium, which covered everything for miles around, including shallow wetlands. Cattails, fish, amphibians and all other life in those wetlands (bogs) were suffocated by the ash and immediately