09148 - Beautiful Collection of 3 Fossilized Silicified Pine Cones Equicalastrobus Eocene Sahara Desert Margaritopteris Mauritania
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Description
Mauritania
Beautiful fragment of this Eucrite monomict achondrite with nice fresh dark fusion crust
It comes from the wonderful middle Ordovician of the South of Morocco
08 Inch = 2 mm
Publications :
09148 - Beautiful Collection of 3 Fossilized Silicified Pine Cones Equicalastrobus Eocene Sahara Desert Margaritopteris MauritaniaSize (the biggest): 50. 3 mm 2. 00 in Weight (in a whole): 72. 1 g Strangely weird specimen. It is a kind of Pine Cone that was not known until very recently. They are found fossilized in silica (silicified). They preserve the structures with amazing detail. Very rare species.