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Oolitic Limestone

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Title: Oolitic Limestone

Caption: Cross-section of oolitic limestone, formed when waves in warm and shallow water cause small grains of sediment to roll to and fro, collecting layers of calcite coating.

Category: nature • Geology & Fossils

Credit: Album / Science Source / Kent Wood

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Image size: 4186 × 2781 px | 33.3 MB

Print size: 35.4 × 23.5 cm | 1648.0 × 1094.9 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: CALCITE PRECIPITATION • CALCITE • CALCIUM CARBONATE • CARBONATE MINERALS • CLOSE UP • CLOSE-UP • CLOSEUP • CONCENTRIC LAYERS • CROSS SECTION • FOREGROUND • GEOLOGIA • GEOLOGY & FOSSILS • GEOLOGY • MINERAL • MINERALOGY • NATURE • OOID • OOLITE • OOLITH • OOLITIC LIMESTONE • PISOLITIC LIMESTONE • ROCK FORMATION • SEDIMENTARY ROCK • SEDIMENTOLOGY • SIDE ELEVATION • SPHERICAL • SPHEROIDS