Microscopic

Skeletal - Gastropodia - Vermitid (B/5/Hol/Bah)

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Outstanding feature Vermitid gastropods & clione bores
Folk Classification Porous vermitid gastropod biomicrite
Dunham Classification Porous vermitid gastropod packstone
Common Grains Vermitid gastropods & mollusc debries
Sorting Poor
Rounding None
Micritization & envelopes Some alteration of grain boundaries
Cement & diagenetic fabric Micrite cementation
Porosity 35-40% interparticle
Depositional Setting Reef bommie from near shore
Diagenetic history Marine micritization & cementation

This is from part of a vermiculid reef formed in the near shore area near to Nicolstown of Andros Island in the Bahamas


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