Object Details
- Collector
- A. Blankenbicker
- Discipline
- Mineral Sciences
- Region
- US Great Lakes (MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MI)
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- Geologic Age
- Paleozoic
- This is a limestone shatter cone with fossil. Shatter cone describes the fan-shaped fracture lines featured on the rock, which are a result from high pressure, high velocity shock wave from a large impacting object or large explosion. This rock measures roughly 22 cm x 7 cm x 15 cm. It is light in color and the fossil is a darker gray than the rest of the rock. On one side of specimen is written "8BC" or "88C".
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 31 Aug 2022
- Collection Date
- 2013
- USNM Number
- EO401457
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Collecting Locality
- Kentland Quarry, North America, United States, Indiana, Newton County
- Scientific Name
- Sedimentary Rock Fossiliferous Limestone
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_11358625
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3277521ec-4900-4d8e-b3c7-10fb2227ca25
