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Sometimes a fossil is formed when the organic matter is impressed in clay or some similar substance. The organic substance rots away, but the impression it left remains, and if the clay which holds the impression petrifies, it becomes a fossil.

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Can a fossil be an impression of the original organism?

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What condition in the past produced a mold fossil?

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