Showing posts with label oolite. Show all posts
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Monday, December 30, 2019

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Ooid grainstone. Large ooid in center grew, lay on the surface a while, and then was reactivated. Note two generations of cement: early marine pore rimming cement and later freshwater pore filling cement. Mississippian Bangor Limestone, thin-section photomicrograph, 2.5 mm field of view.