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OOLITHIC LIMESTONE [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

A rock consisting of small round grains that resemble the roe of fish, are cemented, and consist of small concretions which usually are of calcium carbonate forming a variety of limestone but sometimes are of silica or iron oolite.

CONT

Oolitic limestone is a carbonate rock made up mostly of ooliths (or ooids) which are sand-sized carbonate particles that have concentric rings of CaCO3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

oolithe : Corps sphérique d'environ 1 mm, fait d'enveloppes minérales concentriques [...] par extension, on appelle «oolithe» le calcaire à oolithes.

Spanish

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