GRD01ECS0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

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GRD01DNS0 GRD01ECS1

IGSN:

GRD01ECS0

Sample ID:

W79-245

Sample Type:

Breccia

Sample Age:

Mesozoic › Cretaceous
65.5 - 145.5

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 17 › Drawer I

Modifiers:

Notes:

Fine-grained, cream-colored limestone blocks in reddish recrystallized limestone matrix. Original description: Limestone containing Globigerina Pseudobulloids.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Samples W79-245 through W79-247 see Winterer 1979 notebook, page 105.

Series:

Location:

Italy
Gubbio
Latitude: 43.36°
Longitude: 12.57°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Fine-grained cream colored breccia block with calcite vein and opaques.

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Fine-grained cream colored breccia block with calcite vein and opaques.

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Matrix composed of sparrite, shell fragments, and echinoderm fragments

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Matrix composed of sparrite, shell fragments, and echinoderm fragments

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Thin Sections:

GRD01ECT0: Red matrix contains shell fragments and echinoderm fragments. Cream blocks are fine-grained, some with calcite veins and opaques with Fe-stained halos. Large shell fragments between blocks. (C. Eichler)

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