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Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coals and Carbons

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TS43

ts43

Frame ID: TS43

The large yellow feature is a sporangium, a sack of spores that was buried before it matured enough to break open and disperse the spores. The dark red material is inertinite and the small yellow stringers are sporinite. (transmitted light, Harlan Seam, eastern Kentucky, width of field, left to right: ~350 µm)

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