Green River Fischmortalitätsplatte | Wyoming, USA Petrified Wood especially those from the slate

especially those from the slate rocks of Southern Germany

which creates these darker lines

Additional Information: Petrified wood consists of fossilized wood where all the organic materials have been replaced by minerals while retaining the structure of the wood

Additional Information: Quartz is one of the most common minerals

they were part of parastratigraphic structures in many areas

Green River Fischmortalitätsplatte | Wyoming, USA Petrified Wood especially those from the slateOrigin: Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA Size: H97cm W78cm D2cm Age: Eocene, 50 million years old Description: From the Eocene (about 50 million years ago), plate with Phareodus, Mioplosus, Diplomystus, Knightia fishes, each in very good condition and on rectangular cut matrix, framed. Additional Information: In the Green River Formation of southwestern Wyoming, in the area known as Fossil Lake, two distinct zones of very fine grained calcareous muds are