Sedimentary Rock Limestone
date: label: Collection Date
content: 2013
name: label: Collector
content: A. Blankenbicker
label: Discipline
content: Mineral Sciences
label: Region
content: US Great Lakes (MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MI)
notes: label: Description
content: 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.
label: Geologic Age
content: Paleozoic
label: Notes
content: These are limestone shatter cones. Shatter cone describes the fan-shaped fracture lines featured on the rocks, which are a result from high pressure, high velocity shock wave from a large impacting object or large explosion. These rocks are light in color and measure around 11 cm x 6 cm x 8.5 cm or less.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 2
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Feb 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Kentland Quarry, North America, United States, Indiana, Newton County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Sedimentary Rock Limestone
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401456
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections