This specimen was found in Cape Patterson, Vic. Cape Paterson is a cape and seaside village located near the town of Wonthaggi, 132 kilometres southeast of Melbourne, in the Bass Coast Shire of Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. These dark, fossiliferous Mudstones were deposited in slow-moving water associated with sedimentary basins & continental shelves. They are rich in carbon which makes them almost black. This is typical of an anoxic, reducing environment such as deep water or stagnant conditions where carbon-rich material would remain unoxidised during subsequent deposition & diagenesis. it has an imprint of a leaf in the rock itself, displaying the fossil of the plant. This specimen is unique due to the leaf impression within the stone itself. Imprint fossils are formed from an organism moving in some way, leaving behind a trace or track. These tracks are preserved when the clay/silt dries slowly and is covered by other sediment. Plants can also leave imprint fossils when they are covered by sediment. The leaf tissue degrades, leaving an imprint of where the leaf once was. This specimen is part of a larger collection of geological and mineral specimens collected from around Australia (and some parts of the world) and donated to the Burke Museum between 1868-1880. A large percentage of these specimens were collected in Victoria as part of the Geological Survey of Victoria that begun in 1852 (in response to the Gold Rush) to study and map the geology of Victoria. Collecting geological specimens was an important part of mapping and understanding the scientific makeup of the earth. Many of these specimens were sent to research and collecting organisations across Australia, including the Burke Museum, to educate and encourage further study.These dark, fossiliferous Mudstones were deposited in slow moving water associated with sedimentary basins & continental shelves. They are rich in carbon which makes them almost black. This is typical of an anoxic, reducing environment such as deep water or stagnant conditions where carbon rich material would remain unoxidised during subsequent deposition & diagenesis. FOSSILIFEROUS MUDSTONE / Locality: Cape Patterson, Victoria | Descriptive catalogue / Pg 27 No 95 / "Grey Clay, / Cape Paterson with leaf impressions' / 15/4/21 C. William /mudstone, cape patterson, leaf imprint, fossilised leaf, fossiliferous mudstone

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8351.1 - Flattened, roughly trapezoidal mudstone showing surface of fossil wood, adjacent patch of darker mudstone.

8356.1 - Medium-sized, wedge-shaped mudstone, two surfaces showing slip-surfaces features, with others- the thick end of the wedge-showing the layered nature of the mudstone.

8342.1 - Grey mudstone containing large amounts of plant and wood fragments.

8337.1 - Grey mudstone; one face showing numerous plant leaves.

8347.1 - Small, almost ovoid piece of mudstone showing partial fossil leaves.

8336.1 - Quite thin mudstone containing a jumble of fossil wood and plant matter.

8319.1 - Elongate piece of mudstone containing numerous fossil wood and leaf fragments.

8421.1 - Rectangular wedge-shaped piece of mudstone showing numerous fossil leaves

8316.1 - Small mudstone rock containing fragments of fossilised wood and plant matter.

8354.1 - Large, flattened, roughly rhomboid mudstone showing mudslip surfaces on largest faces.

8341.1 - Large grey mudstone, one face showing several parallel fossil leaves.

8338.1 - Flat thin grey mudstone containing numerous leaves and woody fossil material.

8317.1 - Overall rectangular mudstone containing fragments of fossilised wood and carbonised plant matter.

8350.1 - Irregular, medium sized piece of mudstone displaying single, partial taeniopteris daintreei leaf.

8335.1 - Small-medium-sized prismatic mudstone with one face showing a partial fossilised leaf.

8333.1 - Large and irregularly shaped piece of mudstone showing large pieces of carbonised woody matter.

8328.1 - Small concave-convex "shell-like" mudstone fragment showing fossil plant fragments.

8353.1 - Irregular- tending-oval mudstone showing partial leaf and small woody/leafy fossil fragments.

8344.1 - Large piece of grey mudstone showing fossil leaves, some large, of at least 3 species.

8331.1 - Irregularly shaped elongate piece of mudstone showing numerous plant fossil fragments, most prominently.

8324.1 - Overall angular mudstone with one face showing two small but well-formed leaf fossils

8322.1 - Large, flattened, almost square mudstone numerous but poorly distinguished fragments of fossil plants and wood.

8321.1 - Small, near-spherical pieces of mudstone showing (poor quality) fragments of fossil plant matter.

8320.1 - Roughly prismatic pieces of mudstones, clearly showing on one face numerous plant leaf fossils.

8349.1 - Piece of mudstone showing fossilised wood, and on the opposite side possesses what appears to be a possible slip surface.

8346.1 - Small piece of mudstone, prominently showing a fern frond tip, still partially encased in plaster jacket.