This specimen is a limestone shatter cone. 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. The rock is light in color and measures approximately 10.5 cm x 9.5 cm.
- Catalog Number:
- 405690
- Object/Specimen Description:
- Specimen Count:
- 1
- Collector:
- A. Blankenbicker
- Precise Locality:
Kentland Quarry
- Locality:
- US Great Lakes (MN, WI, IL, IN, OH, MI)
- Collecting Date:
- Sept 24-25, 2013
- Collecting Locality:
- North America, United States, Indiana, Newton County