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Here one will find large sandstone “cannonballs” that were formed in an ancient riverbed as sand grains were deposited...
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Cannonball Concretions

North Dakota

Here one will find large sandstone “cannonballs” that were formed in an ancient riverbed as sand grains were deposited and cemented together. These sandstone concretions were then covered in silt and mud which became the softer mudstone that these formations can now be seen eroding out of. Photo © copyright by Robert Faucher.

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