Limestone (FR.24.0022)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone > Bioclastic limestone (crinoïdal rich)
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Mesozoic; Jurassic; Upper Jurassic; Oxfordian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Senonville limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- France; Meuse; Valbois
- Region
- Lorraine
- Site name
- Carrière de Senonville
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Natural color
- yellowish white to pinkish beige
- Aged color
- Components
- observable crinoid fragments
- Texture
- coarse grained crinoids; centimetre sized bioclastic fragments
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- pictures of sawn sides show dry and whet surface
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.B2
- Original inventory nr.
- 34846
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- bioclasts (mainly crinoids, but also calcareous sponges and corals); syntaxial overgrowth of sparite cement
- Texture
- coarse allochems
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- coarse grained crinoidal grainstone
- Additional information
- quasy identical to Euville but lower porosity
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.24.0022
- 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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Last modified: 2024-04-28.