Monday, March 27, 2023

15 Miss Novaculite 1 Dans Whetstone

 

  • Photo 

  • Lidar Scan

  • ERA: Paleozoic
  • Period: Mississippian (wiki, alpha)
  • Epoch: Early
  • Formation: Arkansas Novaculite
  • Age: 358-346 million years ago
  • Lithology: Chert
  • Original location: 34.430218,-93.243680
  • Donor organization: Dan Whetstone Company
  • Donor contact: Dan and Steve Kirschmann
  • Financial support: 
    • Mac and Karen McGilvery
    • Jeff and Suzy Hall
    • Epoch Consulting (Matt Boyce)
    • Steve and Lisa Milligan
  • MacNote: Sample selected to illustrate bedding plane vs. fracture orientation. Note diagenetic alteration along the fracture planes. Also note 'blobular' areas of alteration.

03 Paleo Midway LS AGS

Photo Lidar Scan ERA: Cenozoic Period: Tertiary Epoch: Paleocene ( wiki , alpha ) Age: 66-56 million years ago Formation: Midway Group Litho...