On June 20th, Osage Trails Master Naturalists visited the Richard L. Sutton Museum of Geosciences located in Miller Nichols Library on the UMKC campus. Our tour of the library was hosted by James Murowchick, professor emeritus of GeoChemistry. The library has a large collection of rocks, agates, crystals, fossils and petrified wood. It includes the a large fulgurite (top) which a lightning bolt (or possibly downed power line) fused soil and shale. Another item of interest is the massive fossilized jaw of an Oligocene mammal (Titanothere or Brontotherium – not pictured) a species related to horses and rhinos. If you were unable to attend this tour, the museum is open to public whenever the Miller Nichols Library is open.
Linda Callahan (2017) and Barbara Van Vleck (2007) photos.
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