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"Kettle" concretion at Kettle Point, Ontario, defaced by graffiti. Just offshore, below the Kettle Point formation, is a layer of the Hamilton Group of shales and limestones which contains a large amount of light-coloured, high-quality chert. In stone tool technology, it is a highly prized resource.
At Kettle Point, the black shales of the Kettle Point Formation rest directly upon a layer of "conodont hash", which in turn rest upon a 8.3 in (21 cm)-thick bed of chert. This cherts lies upon chert intercalated with limestone of the Hamilton Group. [1] [2] [9] The upper contact of the Kettle Point Formation is an erosional unconformity.
Marleka fairy stone from Stensö in Sweden. Iron sulfide concretions, such as the Kansas Pop rocks, consisting of either pyrite and marcasite, are nonmagnetic. [79] On the other hand, iron sulfide concretions, which either are composed of or contain either pyrrhotite or smythite, will be magnetic to varying degrees. [80]
A kettle (also known as a kettle hole, kettlehole, or pothole) is a depression or hole in an outwash plain formed by retreating glaciers or draining floodwaters. The kettles are formed as a result of blocks of dead ice left behind by retreating glaciers, which become surrounded by sediment deposited by meltwater streams as there is increased ...
The Roman Eifel Aqueduct was completed around 80 AD and broken and largely destroyed by Germanic tribes in 260. By the Middle Ages the limestone-like limescale accretions from the inside of the aqueduct were particularly desirable as a building material, called "Eifel marble" in an area with little natural stone.
The dominant language in Kettle and Stony Point and surrounding areas is the language of English. [10] Those seeking employment in Kettle and Stony Point are required to have a good understanding of the English language and a fundamental increase in the need to understand and speak English has occurred.
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Location: Providence River south of Kettle Point: Coordinates: 1]: Tower; Constructed: 1872 : Foundation: granite pier [3]: Construction: Wood [3]: Automated: 1918: Height: 14 feet (4.3 m) [3]: Shape: hexagonal pyramidal tower [3]: Light; First lit: 1872 [2]: Deactivated: 1923 [2]: Focal height: 28 feet (8.5 m) [2]: Lens: sixth order Fresnel lens [2]: Characteristic: Iso R 6s : The Fuller Rock ...