GRD0107S0

110-C156

Dolostone

Paleozoic › Cambrian
488.0 - 542.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 18 › Drawer H

Siliceous

Core sample. Grey silicic limestone with vugs containing small dolomite crystals. Original label: Arbuckle limestone. Cambrian and Ordovician. Too low to produce oil. Salt water prolific. Superior O. Co.

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Kansas
Phillips Co., East Flank of Central Kansas uplift
Latitude: 38.8°
Longitude: -98.5°

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Small vug surrounded by sparrite and dark material (organic?). A few grains of rounded quartz.

2.5

plane

Small vug surrounded by sparrite and dark material (organic?). A few grains of rounded quartz.

2.5

crossed

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crossed

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plane

GRD0107T0: Homogeneous sparrite with 2% rounded, undulose quartz grains. Abundant fine dark inclusions seem to form clusters, possibly former pellets or organics. There are regions of few dark material and coarser spar - the red drussy regions of the rock. (J. Gee)

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