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Identifying rocks, minerals and fossils
Introduction
What is a rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a fossil?
Rock, mineral or 
    fossil?
 Rock key
Mineral key
Fossil key

    Plants
        Clubmoss or 
            horsetail
        Plant fossil

    Shell
    Tooth
    Scales
    Something else
 Helpful books
     

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Plant fossil key

Your specimen is probably a plant fossil. Which of the descriptions below does it look most similar to?
image of a clubmoss fossil linking to information about fossil horsetailes and clubmosses                                                                      image of a plant fossil linking to general information about plant fossils
Ribbed or scaly stem Distinct leaves