GRD00SFS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

Record #23 of 765
GRD00SES0 GRD00SGS0

IGSN:

GRD00SFS0

Sample ID:

110-C183

Sample Type:

Grainstone

Sample Age:

Cenozoic › Paleogene › Eocene › Late Eocene
33.9 - 37.2

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 18 › Drawer G

Modifiers:

foraminifera

Notes:

White, moderately porous, coarse coquina. Ocala Limestone. Original label: 1951.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Location:

Florida
3 miles east of Branford on US 27
Latitude: 29.95°
Longitude: -82.88°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Slide 1: Partially dissolved nummulite

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Slide 1: Partially dissolved nummulite

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 2. Note it is slightly less porous than slide 1.

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 2

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Slide 1

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Slide 1

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Thin Sections:

GRD00SFT0: Slide 1: Foram and nummulite-rich with high degree of dissolution. Micrite between bioclasts. Also echinoderm, shell, and algal fragments. Perhaps 40% of voids on slide. (J. Gee)

GRD00SFT1: Slide 2: Foram and nummulite-rich with high degree of dissolution. Micrite between bioclasts. Also echinoderm, shell, and algal fragments. Perhaps 40% of voids on slide. Slightly better fossil preservation in this slide. (J. Gee)

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