Skeletal - Calcareous Algae - Cyanobacteria (Al/10/Eo/Wy)
2.5x
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5x
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5x cross nicols
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10x
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2.5x
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5x
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Outstanding feature |
Coarsely crystalline algal laminations |
Folk Classification |
Coarsely recrystallized laminated algal micrite |
Dunham Classification |
Laminated algal wackestone |
Common Grains |
Micrite and algal laminations |
Sorting |
None |
Rounding |
None |
Micritization & envelopes |
Micrite recrystallized to coarse calcite spar |
Cement & diagenetic fabric |
Recrystallized |
Porosity |
Leached post-depositional porosity |
Depositional Setting |
Algal flat along shore of Eocene Green River lake |
Diagenetic history |
Freshwater digenesis has altered micritic fabric to coarsely crystalline calcite spar |
Irregularly laminated crenulated surfaces of cyanobacteria of from the shore of the Green River Formation Lake have trapped sediments beneath their surface and the material has been progressively recrystallized. Recrystallization appears to become coarser away from the algal surface. Locally porosity has been filled by calcite coarse calcite spar. The leached fabric of the rock can be identified by the irregular margins to the cavities. Some of these cavities are free of calcite spar. supratidal setting.
Thursday, November 11, 2021