Pyritic cone-in-cone concretions / Woodland, Bertram G. text Chicago : Field Museum of Natural History, 1975. eng p. 125-139 : 24 cm. A number of pyritic cone-in-cone concretions from Middle Pennsylvanian black shales of Indiana and Illinois are described. These are the only occurrences of typical cone-in-cone structure composed of pyrite that are known to the author, other than those described from Cambrian and Ordovician shales of the Oslo region, Norway. The Indiana concretions have a core of earthy, phosphatic material, probably coprolitic; the Illinois specimen is an isolated cone. Both occurrences have the typical fabric and structure of the usual calcitic (dolomitic) cone-in-cone. The latter is diagenetic in origin and has formed as a direct consequence of fibrous growth in semi-consolidated sediments. Because of this, the striking similarity of structure between the pyritic and carbonate types, and the contrasts between the crystal habits of calcite and pyrite, the pyritic cone-in-cone is interpreted as a pyrite replacement of original carbonate cone-in-cone concretions. "February 10, 1975." "This volume is dedicated to Dr. Rainer Zangerl." Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-139). Fieldiana series has been published as Geological Series by Field Columbian Museum (1895-1909) and Field Museum of Natural History (1909-1943), and as Fieldiana: Geology by Chicago Natural History Museum (1945-1966) and Field Museum of Natural History (1966-). Concretions -- Middle West. Pyrites -- Middle West. Geology, Stratigraphic -- Pennsylvanian.