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Fossil, Leaf, Magnolia californica

Fossil, Leaf, Magnolia californica - Geospecimen
Accession #: 42.130
Title: Fossil, Leaf, Magnolia californica
Object Type: Geospecimen
Participants:
Physical Description: Fossilized partial leaf in sedimentary deposit. There is a 1 written in one corner. The matrix is roughly cut and smoothed around the leaf.
Description: Students helped create the Spokane Public Museum. Curator and professor T. A. Bonser organized some of the earliest collections of Latah formation fossils. His 1925 student team gathered many of these for museum display.
Category: History
Geographical Reference: Spokane (Washington->Spokane County)
Dimensions:
Object H x W 4.5 x 3.25"
Materials/Techniques:
sedimentary rock (Material)
Credit Line: Gift of Professor Thomas A. Bonser

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