GRD01H2S0 - Geological Teaching Collection at Scripps

Record #1888 of 5779
GRD01H1S0 GRD01H3S0

IGSN:

GRD01H2S0

Sample ID:

W83-39

Sample Type:

Shell Limestone

Sample Age:

Mesozoic › Jurassic › Middle Jurassic › Bajocian
168.0 - 172.0

Number TS:

Storage:

Ritter 154 › Cabinet 18 › Drawer E

Modifiers:

Notes:

Bioclastic limestone below Fonsaso formation.

Ancillary Data Notes:

Sample W83-39, see Winterer 1982- 1983 notebook, page 89.

Series:

Location:

Italy
Malcesine, Lago di Garda, Gardesana Orientale Rd at km 75.5
Latitude: 45.76°
Longitude: 10.81°

Photos:

Notes:

Micrographs:

Notes:

Medium-grained shelly limestone

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Medium-grained shelly limestone

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Fine-grained foraminifera sand

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

plane

Notes:

Fine-grained foraminifera sand

Mag:

2.5

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

crossed

Notes:

Mag:

scan

Polarized:

plane

Thin Sections:

GRD01H2T0: One half of the thin section is a fine-grained foraminiferal sand; the other half is a medium-grained shelly limestone. Shelly limestone is composed of echinoderm fragments, foraminifera, bryzoans, and radiolarians. Indistinct styolite separating the two layers. (C. Eichler)

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