GRD02MDS0
W81-48
Oolitic Limestone
Mesozoic › Jurassic › Early Jurassic
176.0
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201.6
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Ritter 154 › Cabinet 21 › Drawer B
recrystallization
Decent-sized sample of tan oolitic limestone. Small ooids, a few pisolites, and a minor amount of bivalve fragments. Patches of crystalline calcite. Billet. Original label: Immediately beneath cross-beeded (1-5 meters) oolite of photo 3-19 (Samples W81-46, W81-47). Sept. 3, 1981.
Samples W81-46 through W81-58, see Winterer 1980-1981 notebook page 159.
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Italy
Road to Erbezzo, lower road
Latitude: 45.7°
Longitude: 11.0°
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Slide 1: General texture of the sample
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Slide 1: General texture of the sample
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GRD02MDT0: Slide 1: Well-sorted oolite. Most ooids have well-preserved internal structure. The smaller ooids typically have no structure. Minor amount of broken ooids. Some larger ooids (pisolites?) without internal structure. Trace foraminifera. Sparrite matrix. (C. Eichler)
GRD02MDT1: Slide 2: Well-sorted oolite. Most ooids have well-preserved internal structure. Minor amount of broken ooids. Polished a bit thin. Large pisolite (?) in the corner. (C. Eichler)
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