Limestone (FR.24.0036)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Eocene; Lutetian
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Saint-Maximin limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Saint-Maximin Liais
- Additional information
- Lias is hard variant (see FR.24.0047 for 'fine' variant); regional varieties (Saint-Leu, Saint-Vaast, Sébastopol)
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- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- France; Oise; Saint-Maximin
- Site name
- Carrière de Saint-Maximin (undefined quarry)
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
- Precise quarry location undefined
- Natural color
- ochre-colored
- Aged color
- Components
- bioclasts: miliolids; sometimes macrofossils (shell fragments), porous
- Texture
- medium grained
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- picture of weathered surface (dark grey to black colored)
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.B16
- Original inventory nr.
- 33454/26
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- rich in Foraminifera (in particular miliolids) and micritized bioclasts; small fraction of detrital quartz; high porosity
- Texture
- fine to medium grained bioclasts; fine sub-angular detrital fraction
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- miliolidal grainstone; high porosity
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.24.0036
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Rocamat/Beltrami
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- Yes
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
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Last modified: 2024-04-26.