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Opalized Wood

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Rocks, Fossils & Minerals Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Opalized Wood
SOLD
100.00USD+ (25.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2018 Mar 16 @ 09:25UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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A fantastic specimen of opalized wood, 9g. About 20 million years ago, this area was forested, and received over 50 inches of rain annually. The opalized wood of ancient trees was buried in volcanic ash from eruptions that occurred 12 to 20 million years ago. as the limbs from trees disintegrated in the ground, they left hollow casts which were later filled with a silica solution, as hydrothermal water flows percolated through the ash layer. Legend has it that a range rider, perhaps a Pony Express rider, found the first glistening piece when passing through the area in the early 1900's. The discovery was widely reported by the press and within a few years several claims were staked in the area and commercial mining of Virgin Valley Opal began. Date: Location: Virgin Valley, Nevada HWAC# 61517