Palmwood











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Description of Physical Characteristics:

Color:  Palmwood ranges from white to yellowish white or cream with specks or streaks of brown to yellowish brown.

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Distribution:
Distribution Comments:

Palmwood is associated with the Catahoula Formation of Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Nuevo Leon, and Tamaulipas.  Higher concentrations reported around Livingston in Polk County, Texas.

 

 

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