Limestone (FR.24.0047)
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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 fine
- Additional information
- Fine is soft variant (see FR.24.0036 for 'lias' variant); regional varieties (Saint-Leu, Saint-Vaast, Sébastopol)
Find location
- 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 is not specified (commercial Beltrami sample)
- Natural color
- ochre-colored, cloudy texture
- Aged color
- Components
- bioclasts: miliolids; sometimes macrofossils (shell fragments), porous
- Texture
- medium grained
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- Additional information
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.B17
- Original inventory nr.
- 38568
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- bioclasts mainly consist of Foraminifera (miliolids, nummulites) and micritized bioclasts; small fraction of detrital quartz and subordinate glauconite; microsparite cement; high porosity, secondary porosity due to dissolution of bioclasts
- Texture
- fine to medium grained bioclasts; fine sub-angular detrital fraction
- Structure
- medium sized bioclasts and fine grained quartz grains; moderately sorted
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- miliolidal grainstone; small detrital fraction; high porosity
- Additional information
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- FR.24.0047
- 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.