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CAS103. Polished petrified wood slab, polished on one side.
Dimensions at widest points approximately 130 mm x 65 mm x 23 mm thick
Weighs 408 grams
A member of the Casuarinaceae plant family. Very similar in appearance to Allocasuarina fraseriana, commonly called Western or W.A. Sheoak that currently grows in the south western part of Western Australia.
From the Eocene "Pallinup Siltstone" near the Stirling Ranges in Western Australia. Age is late Eocene, approximately 35 million years.