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CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A marble formed by the recrystallization of sedimentary limestone strata.

OBS

As the result of recrystallization, the calcite grains composing the limestone increased in size and the enlarged calcite crystals became mutually interlocking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

[...] roche qui résulte de la cristallisation de la calcite dans le calcaire sédimentaire.

OBS

Terme général désignant les roches calcaires à cristaux de calcite visibles à la loupe ou à l'œil nu, et ayant souvent une cassure translucide à grain saccharoïde. Il s'agit souvent de calcaire métamorphisé.

Spanish

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