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ENCRINITE [1 record]

Record 1 1999-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Paleontology
DEF

A limestone consisting almost entirely of the fossil skeletal parts of crinoids in which the plates, ossicles, or joints are often cemented with clear calcite in crystallographic continuity with the crinoid fragment.

Key term(s)
  • encrinitic limestone
  • encrinic limestone
  • encrinital limestone
  • encrinitical limestone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Les calcaires à entroques sont formés par l'accumulation de débris de Crinoïdes ou d'Échinides. Chaque entroque est formée d'un cristal de calcite décelable à la loupe.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Petrografía
  • Paleontología
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