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EXTINCTIONS CHOICE - Cool Split Pair Fern Frond
Stock Number  FPFPA756
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Name:   Split Pair Fern Frond
Age:  Pennsylvanian
Formation:  Llewellyn Formation
Location:  Near St. Clair, Pennsylvania
Size:  Frond is 4.7 inches long

This is a very cool plant fossil. It is a striking split pair fossil fern frond from Pennsylvania. This specimen is replaced with the mineral Pyrophyllite, which gives the fossil its stunning white color. Only an elite few layers from this site have the bright white ferns, and this piece is from those layers. This plate was split open to not only reveal a white fern, but a single, fabulous white fern frond! How many fossil collections has a fern piece like this one? This is an extremely collectible split pair fossil fern frond from Pennsylvania.