Sump Petrified Wood / Jasper











Natural Form:



Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Sump Agatized Wood has shades of brown and white.  Limb casts are also present.  Sump Jasper is red and green.
Texture:

Luster:

Translucency:

Silica Fabrics / Fossils:
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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:
Sump Agatized Wood is associated with the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada and occurs on the volcanic hills and Silver Peak Range between Hawthorne and Tonopah where Lake Esmeralda once was in Nye County, Nevada.
Projectile point made from this material:



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