FOSSIL STEM OF A TREE FERN (CUT AND POLISHED SECTION) - Brazil
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FOSSIL STEM OF A TREE FERN
Cut and polished section
Tietea singularis
280 million years old (Lower Permian period)
Araguaina Petrified forest, Babaculandia, Maranhao Province, Brazil
A lovely section through a tree fern stem, completely replaced by quartz. It is polished on both sides. It shows lovely detail under a hand lens. Presented in a lidded gift box.
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Size: 13 x 6 x 0.5 centimetres
Weight: 95 grams