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Tertiary Fossil Plant Gallery
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Fossil identification by Jo Cox unless otherwise noted
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? Common Name: maple leaves? Period: Tertiary possibly Eocene Epoch Location: (old note on block reads "potash, San Saba") but not San Saba Co., Texas Collection: Hardin-Simmons University Partial identification by: Jo Cox and Neal Immega Size: 146 mm wide x 70 mm thick |
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? Common Name: Petrified Wood. Period: Much of the surface of Texas is littered with this dark mineral, but I don't know what period/epic it grew. It is more recent than the Cretaceous. Location: Northwest of Amarillo, Texas Collection: Paula Bowers Partial identification by: Jo Cox Size: 30 mm long x 16 mm wide |
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Description: Bark replaced by an iron-like mineral that is not very magnetic. Internal is filled with crystals that are possibly calcite. The calcite on the end shown looks like the state of Texas. |
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