GRD01JOS0

W83-116

Grainstone

Paleozoic › Permian › Early Permian › Artinskian
276.0 - 284.0

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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 18 › Drawer G

Fusulinids

Fusulinid-rich limestone, bryozoans, bivalves in silt. Slight silicification.

Samples W83-116 and W83-117, see Winterer 1982- 1983 notebook, page 139.

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Texas
Gualalupe Mountains area
Latitude: 31.92°
Longitude: -104.88°

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Small fusilinid. Dark upper right corner is a portion of the quartz-rich micrite lense.

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plane

Small fusilinid. Dark upper right corner is a portion of the quartz-rich micrite lense.

2.5

crossed

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crossed

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GRD01JOT0: Sample is comprised of 25% fusulinids, 20% bivalves, 10% bryozoans, and the rest is quartz-silt matrix. Appears to be some pporly preserved ooids with mineralization along the edges. One micrite coated shell fragment. Thin wispy lense of quartz-rich micrite. Sparse encrinal fragments. (C. Eichler)

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