- diameter.
Limestone often contains larger crystals of calcite,
ranging in size from 0.02 to 0.1 mm (0.79 to 3.94 mils), that are
described as
sparry calcite...
- have been
recovered from the formation. The Buda
Limestone is a
dense white to
yellow sparry limestone with
numerous calcite veins that
weathers to yellowish...
-
usually a
mixture of grains,
micrite (very fine-grained
carbonate mud) and
sparry cement. The
optical properties of
calcite and
mineral dolomite are difficult...
- Jura
paleogeographic domain.
These Mesozoic covers correspond mainly to
limestone deposits from a
shallow epicontinental sea
separating the
European foreland...
-
Fencepost limestone, Post Rock
limestone, or
Stone Post is a
stone bed in the
Great Plains notable for its
historic use as
fencing and
construction material...
-
calcitic ooids and
sparry calcite cement;
Carmel Formation,
Middle Jur****ic, of
southern Utah, USA.
Biooosparite with
calcitic ooids and
sparry calcite cement;...
-
recrystallized bivalve s**** in a
biopelsparite Grainstone with
calcite ooids and
sparry calcite cement;
Carmel Formation,
Middle Jur****ic, of
southern Utah, USA...
-
matrix of
micrite (lime mud) or
sparry calcite. Folk, R. L. (1959)
Practical petrographic classification of
limestones.
American ****ociation of Petroleum...
-
subsequently modified by
Embry and
Klovan in 1971 to
include co****-grained
limestones and
sediments that had been
organically bound at the time of deposition...
-
composed of
whole and
fragmented mollusk s****
within sand
often cemented by
sparry calcite.
Sands occur as fossil-bearing
light gray to tan as well as orange-brown...
