Showing posts with label dolostone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dolostone. Show all posts

Sunday, March 31, 2019

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Dolomite (gray and white); this rock was once very porous, but all the pore space has been filled with calcite cement (stained pink with Alizarin red S), note partial replacement of rhombic dolomite crystals with calcite; dolostone of Knox Group, Mississippi, thin-section photomicrograph.

Saturday, March 30, 2019

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Baroque dolomite growing into void within dolostone of the Knox Group, Mississippi, thin-section photomicrograph.