concretion

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Once ashore, preliminary removal of the concretion that covered most of the artifacts from their centuries-long home on the ocean floor was begun.

From Literature

To find a solution, lead researcher Hidekazu Yoshida of the Nagoya University Museum turned to his expertise in fossil preservation in calcium carbonate concretions.

From Science Daily

The present fossil was discovered in a clay-ironstone concretion in the 1980s by Bob Masek and later acquired by the David and Sandra Douglass Collection and displayed in their Prehistoric Life Museum.

From Science Daily

Farrell is scouring 158 years of “concretion” from one of history’s most famous weapons.

From Washington Post

Rock formations called concretions hid the fossils inside, like chocolate tucked in a candy shell.

From Washington Post