Ooid Aragonite Cortex Dissolved - Matrix of Calcite Spar - Pleistocene (O/17/Ple/Fla)
2.5x
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5x
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2.5 cross nicols
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5x cross nicol
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2.5 wave plate
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5x wave plate
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Outstanding feature |
Dissolution of aragonite ooid cortex |
Folk Classification |
Porous oosparite |
Dunham Classification |
Porous oograinstone |
Common Grains |
Dissolving ooids |
Sorting |
Well sorted |
Rounding |
Well rounded |
Micritization & envelopes |
Ooids, some micritized & most dissolving |
Cement & diagenetic fabric |
Well cemented by freshwater calcite |
Porosity |
20% intragranular porosity |
Depositional Setting |
High energy shoal |
Diagenetic history |
Dissolution or aragonite and precipitation of freshwater calcite spar |
Striking Pleistocene high energy concentric aragonite ooid grains that accumulated on tidal deltas formed in the vicinity of Le Jeune, Miami Florida. Note the empty pores within the ooids that are the product of dissolution of aragonite cortex by freshwater. The remanents of mucilagenous material secreted by cyanobacteria now form the dark layers in the dissolved ooids and should act as the template for later cement fill if that should eventually fill these voids. The earlier carbonate that has is dissolved is currently reprecipitated as a low magnesium calcite spar matrex.
Thursday, November 11, 2021