Lonely Butte
Petrified Wood
Description of Physical Characteristics:
Color:
Lonely Butte Petrified Wood has shaded of medium to dark brown. Lonely Butte produces agates, jaspers,
petrified palm wood reeds, and "cat-tail" like typha plants.
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Distribution Comments:
Lonely Butte Agate / Jasper / Petrified Wood primarily occurs on
Brown Butte, near Mojave,
Kern County, California.
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