Mineralized Leaves And Branches...

A large complex mass of twigs branches and leaves that have been covered with travertine , from a hot spring probably.I got this on EBay , and the person selling it gave its location of origin as "Dali" The seller was Chinese, perhaps something got garbled in translation, or perhaps there is a place called Dali...

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