CRETACEOUS SILICIFIED FOSSIL WOOD - 100 million years old - East Devon
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100 million years old
Upper Greensand
Cretaceous Period (Albian stage)
Shapwick Grange Quarry,
near Rousdon, East Devon
100 million years old
Upper Greensand
Cretaceous Period (Albian stage)
Shapwick Grange Quarry,
near Rousdon, East Devon
A rare example of British fossilised wood from the Cretaceous period that has been silicified (replaced by quartz).
It is a natural piece and unpolished, but tree rings are just visible at one end.
This specimen was collected in 1993 in the Upper Greensand chert beds in Shapwick Grange Quarry.
It is a natural piece and unpolished, but tree rings are just visible at one end.
This specimen was collected in 1993 in the Upper Greensand chert beds in Shapwick Grange Quarry.
Size: approx. 11.5 x 5 x 3.5 centimetres
Weight: 235 grams
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