Neomorphosed Carbonate (N/2/Pm/Eng)
2.5x
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2.5x
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5x
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5x
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2.5 wave plate
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2.5 wave plate
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5x wave plate
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5x wave plate
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Outstanding feature |
Fine and medium grained equant calcite crystals replace micrite matrix |
Folk Classification |
Sparse pelmicrite |
Dunham Classification |
Sparse pellet packstone |
Common Grains |
Ghosts of pellets but common calcite rhombs |
Sorting |
Poorly sorted |
Rounding |
Some indistinct rounding |
Micritization & envelopes |
Grains are ghosts of peloids and micrite envelopes |
Cement & diagenetic fabric |
Complete replacement of pelloids bimodal equant calcite |
Porosity |
None |
Depositional Setting |
Low energy shoal |
Diagenetic history |
Recrystallized pelmicrite |
Striking recrystallization of micrite with bimodal grain growth mozaic. This is the grain growth or neomorphism of Folk.
Thursday, November 11, 2021