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SPARRY CALCITE CEMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1977-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Geology
OBS

Sparry calcite cement consists of clean, coarse grained calcite grains (...) The grains infill pre-existing cavities or pores within a limestone and if these should be large the grains may reach a size well over 1 mm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Géologie
OBS

Le "sparry cement", ciment spathique, est un ciment de calcite spathique dont les grains n'ont pas plus de 4 [microns]

Spanish

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