Skeletal - Calcareous Algae - Cyanobacteria (Al/18/Hol/GSL Ut)
2.5x
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2.5x wave plate
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5x
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5x wave plate
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2.5x
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2.5x wave plate
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Outstanding feature |
Layered fibrous aragonite & algal micrite |
Folk Classification |
Algal biolithite & aragonite spheroids |
Dunham Classification |
Algal boundstone & aragonite spheroids |
Common Grains |
Layered fibrous aragonite & algal micrite |
Sorting |
None |
Rounding |
None |
Micritization & envelopes |
Micritization of algal layers on surface of aragonite spheroids growing in layers |
Cement & diagenetic fabric |
Layered spheroids of fibrous aragonite filling voids & micritization of algal layers |
Porosity |
Depositional intrapartical cavernous 20% |
Depositional Setting |
Lake shore well-cemented algal bioherm |
Diagenetic history |
Micritization of algal layers on surface of growing aragonite spheroids layers |
Well laminated cyanobacterial stromatolite head from the shore of the Great Salt Lake exhibiting micritization of algal layers on surface of growing aragonite fibrous spheroids from layers between algal micrite. Micrite layers being replaced by the aragonitic fibrous fabric precipitated within the cyanobacterial material.
Thursday, November 11, 2021