Redwood tree fossil found in diamond mine, 50-million years old |
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  Oct 7 2012, 09:47 AM
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 Master Mucker!  Group: Admin Posts: 7,208 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 4  |
 What a fantastic find! They found a fifty million year old redwood tree fossil in the Ekati diamond mine in Canada. It was found 315 meters below the Earth surface in a kimberlite pipe.  Here is the full story from mining.com. Very cool find and story!! "50-million year old tree fossil uncovered in Canadian diamond mine" Mining News is a great one to subscribe to for mail out digests! Here is a link to all the digests they offer and mail out amounts. Mining News Digests  Dig in! 
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Mrs.CP Redwood tree fossil found in diamond mine Oct 7 2012, 09:47 AM
Mrs.CP No comments? I thought it was pretty interesting s... Oct 10 2012, 07:30 AM
ASTROBLEME Mrs. CP,
That is very interesting.
One of the ch... Oct 10 2012, 09:10 AM  |
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