Eastern, KY Sandstone

This is a piece of sandstone I picked up in Eastern Kentucky near Red River Gorge (but not in the park). I loved the layering and it makes me wonder what event took place to produce the contrasting layer. I just wish I could tell which side was the top. I assume, because of the prominent red sandstone in the area, the black deposition is out of the ordinary. I just don't know if this piece represents a normal red sandstone layer with the disturbance on top or if I am witnessing a past disturbance with the return of the regular deposition. Could it have been an earthquake, a forest fire, land or rock slide or a flood? Either way, it tells some story of Eastern, KY and it's pretty cool.

Gneiss Lil' Widdle Chert

I am up burning the candle at both ends about ready to go to bed. However, I wanted to post a picture of a piece of chert I found up around Mayfield, KY when I was working for the USGS. It looks as if someone had started making an arrowhead (however, chert does fracture concoidally, so it may just appear to have been widdled-on). I don't know if it was recently widdled or if it was an attempt by a Native American who never got to finish it. I like the latter better. Anyway, here it is.