Hertfordshire, England, UK
Polished Section of Hertfordshire Puddingstone, Hertford Museum This is a conglomerate made up of water-worn pebbles in a hard matrix, found in small quantities in Hertfordshire. Hertford Museum, Bull Plain, Hertford
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Bradenham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Puddingstones are silica-cemented conglomerates composed of rounded river pebbles and cobbles (usually derived from flint) with a matrix of fine sand and silica cement. They’re the post-glacial remains of rock which once covered much of southern England and was formed during the Pleistocene (Ice Age) period from glacial till. Puddingstones are ...
Benson, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
A puddingstone conglomerate collected along the hills just East of Benson and along the frontage road on the North side of the I 10 freeway. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.
A large puddingstone conglomerate collected just East of Benson, along a long ridge of hills running East on the frontage road that runs on the North side of the I 10 freeway. Rolf Luetcke specimen and photo.
A large boulder of puddingstone at Bradenham. Large blocks occur around the edge and roadside of the village green. Although very hard and durable, its limited occurrence means that Bradenham Puddingstone is seldom used as a building stone and when encountered it is usually found as irregular, isolated blocks in walls. A very distinctive stone, ...
Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Locally there are two large puddingstones in Chesham Lowndes Park. One is seven feet (2.13 m) long and the other five feet (1.52 m) long. They weigh about one and a half tons each and were originally dug up in East Street, Chesham in 1978 when the Douglas McMinn Centre was being built, but then moved to a builder’s yard. It was decided that ...
Barry County, Michigan, USA