Coal, from the late carboniferous
Coal is formed from fossil plants. The regular pattern on the surface of this 14 cm long piece is the impression of the bark of a fossil tree; Lepidodendron. This specimen is from Dudley, West Midlands, England.
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Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
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