GRD00XQS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

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GRD00OXS0 GRD00Z2S0

IGSN:

GRD00XQS0

Sample ID:

S-55

Sample Type:

Siltstone

Sample Age:

Unknown
None -

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154

Modifiers:

laminated

Notes:

No hand sample. Thin section is in Thin Section only case in RH 154.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Series:

Location:

Photos:

N/A

Micrographs:

Notes:

Calcite-rich bed with faint cleavage in Fe-stained clay matrix

Mag:

5.0

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Calcite-rich bed with faint cleavage in clay matrix

Mag:

5.0

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Thin Sections:

GRD00XQT0: Faint laminations. Small quartz grains. Occasional euhedral oxide crystals. Clay matrix. Some beds are more carbonate-rich (faint sparry calcite). Altered? (C. Eichler)

Documents:

N/A

References:

N/A

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