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Old 11-12-2013, 10:29 PM
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Yes it's at Hauxley nature reserve - or it was; they've had bother with vandals and fire-starters over there in recent years.

Now those fossil trees - still in their growth position - often appear in the roof of roadways in deep mines - and dangerous they are too. they can drop out and do some serious damage. the core would be solid stone like the one shown, but around the rim would be a few millimetres of coal. I think it was this thin shroud of coal that made them unstable and prone to sliding out of the roof. Not nice objects.

I'm sure we used to call them a "catteringarse" (!) [Alan_J can you remember this term or have I got it wrong?]


On this (US) website if you scroll down to the fourth picture you will see one hanging out of the roof. What they have done there is put a roof bolt through it to make sure it stays put.
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