Dendrite slab (Manganese and Iron Dendrites)

Item number: D1511IR

Price: EUR 72.00 

Natural slab of dendritic Jurassic limestone (Lithographic shale) from Solnhofen, Germany - the place where the Archeopterix came out. Dendrites are frequently mistaken for fossilized plants but they are not. Dendrites are crystallized minerals (brown Iron oxides - Limonite and black manganese oxide - Wad) on the surface of lithographic shales.

Size 36 x 26 x 3 cm
Weight 5 kg
Locality Solnhofen, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany