Fossilized Coal Ferns

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The rocky ceiling of a coal mine is ornamented everywhere by exquisite tracery, inimitale representation of the delicate frond of ferns. Remove a scale of rock and we discover an exquisite fossilized fern. Fossil ferns such as this acient tree fern are often found in association with coal seams.

Keywords

ferns, mining, tree fern, coal ferns, fossilized ferns

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Ferns

Source

Winchell, Alexander Sketches of Creation (New York, NY: Harper & Brothers, 1870)

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