Fossil leaf
Fossil
Also called Leaf fossil
Take care.
- Fragile: Handle it gently and pack it well; it breaks or crumbles easily.
About it
Leaves of broadleaf trees and conifers pressed as brown or black films in fine shale. Florissant in Colorado, Republic in Washington, and Clarkia in Idaho, where Miocene leaves can look green when first split, are favourites.
- Type
- Fossil (plant)
- Group
- Leaf (plant)
- Colours
- brown, black, tan, red-brown, greenish brown
- Transparency
- opaque
- Periods
- Cretaceous, Paleogene, Neogene
Typical values: real specimens vary. For more, see mindat.org.