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Grand Ledge outcrops

Fossil site Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: fern and seed-fern impressions.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Pennsylvanian sandstone and shale ledges along the Grand River

Michigan's classic coal-measure plant locality in state literature.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

cliff edges

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