Sandball Conglomerate

Object/Artifact

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Frontier Gateway Museum

Sandball Conglomerate: Notice the sand skin that clings to the ironstone sandstone spheres
Sandball Conglomerate

Notice the sand skin that clings to the ironstone sandstone spheres

Name/Title

Sandball Conglomerate

Entry/Object ID

GH68.24.24

Description

Sandball Conglomerate from Late Cretaceous strata

Collection

Gregory Hagenston

Acquisition

Notes

Donation

General Notes

Note

This is not a fossil, however, was found in the late Cretaceous strata. The sand balls are relatively heavy for their size, because of the iron compounds in the sandstone spheres.