Fun Finding Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 These are two rocks / fossils I found in the smokey hill chalk of Kansas they may or may not be fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 The one on the left reminds me of a sun baked stream bed that "petrified/lithofied" over time. The one on the right just looks like a conglomerate of smaller chalk concretions or possibly a piece thats been weathered or exposed to small amounts of running water over time. I think we have a few peole who hunt that area who are more familiar with these pieces. Ive seen similar pieces in Nebraska. Best regards, Paul 1 ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Essentially unseasoned septarian concretion ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erose Posted June 17, 2017 Share Posted June 17, 2017 Looks like caliche. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Concretions, nodules, accretions have always fascinated me. Probably yours are part of a calcium carbonate-rich (not ferruginous or silica-rich) hard soil, so Caliche (Calcrete) would be a good candidate. excerpt from here " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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