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Limestone (FR.24.0013)
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Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone
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Oolithic limestone
Chronostratigraphy
Phanerozoic
;
Mesozoic
;
Cretaceous
; Upper Cretaceous; Turonian
Lithostratigraphy
Rock name
Thénac limestone
Rock synonyms
Additional information
Particular facies from the "Banc Romain" (higher quality than "Banc Fine")
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Site type
Quarry
Location
France
; Charente-Maritime; Thénac
Site name
Carrière des Mauds
Excavation or Survey Team
Additional contextual information
Thénac limestone is actually exploited by "Carrières de Thénac-Saintonge" (https://www.carrieresdethenac.com/)
Natural color
whitish beige
Aged color
Components
ooids, occasionally white shell fragments (centimetric in size); rarely patches of iron(hydr)oxides
Texture
fine grained
Structure
homogeneous
Weathering
Diagnostic features
Additional information
Picture from dry and whet surface.
Thin section
Flepostore inventory nr.
GEOL1.L1.A24
Original inventory nr.
A0134
Collection
Geological Department, Ghent University
Type
Covered thin section
Comparable thin section(s)
Microscopic rock features
Components
ooids/peloids, micritized Foraminifera, crinoids with syntaxial calcite overgrowth; small detrital fraction (quartz); (micro)sparite cement
Texture
fine grained (both allochems and detrital fraction)
Structure
Weathering
Diagnostic features
fine grained bioclastic packstone/grainstone
Additional information
blue stained epoxy
Quantitative thin section analysis
Archaeometry
Sample type
Rock sample
Inventory number
FR.24.0013
Collection
Geological Department, Ghent University
Donating institute/person
Host collection
Other samples available
No
Sample collection method
Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Flepostore - https://flepostore.ugent.be/rock/fr-24-0013
Last modified: 2024-04-24.
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