bears2386 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Found in freshly dug dirt in iowa not sure what they are fossil wise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 These are concretions. I've seen similar ones on the shoreline of man made (excavated) lakes. They typically are the result of ground water transporting soluble minerals to a nucleation point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Loess Kindchen. A type of concretion common in loess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 "Loess Kindchen" is German for 'small children of the loess'. These concretions or 'fairy stones' formed in loess deposits (windswept and deposited ground rock) from the last period of glaciation in North America - the Wisconsin Glacial Episode. Sometimes found in human-like forms, settler children found them and used them as doll figures and playthings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loess https://www.google.com/search?q="loess+concretion"&tbm=isch Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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