Showing posts with label Anhydrite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Anhydrite. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 6, 2019

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Anhydrite replacing limestone and filling fracture in Smackover Formation, south Alabama. Thin section photomicrograph. Image about 1 mm across.


Light-colored dolomite, which partially replaced red-stained limestone, is being in turn replaced by limestone. Smackover Formation, south Alabama. Thin section photomicrograph. Image about 1 mm across.


Wormy-looking sponge in the upper part of image, Smackover Formation, south Alabama Slabbed and polished core. Core 4 inches wide.

Wednesday, August 10, 2016

More geology



Fans of needle-like crystals radiating from the bottom of a nodule of anhydrite. From a Cretaceous core of an oil reservoir.