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Conanicut Island plant fossils, Jamestown
Fossil site Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: plant impressions, graphitic slate.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Carboniferous slaty beds on Narragansett Bay shores with fern impressions
Documented Rhode Island fossil occurrence in regional literature.
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
slick shore rocks
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