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Foto is from Joulter's Shoal, Andros Island

Macro, ooids

Location

Bahamas

Depositional facies

Beach, shallow subtidal

Provenance

Local

Composition

Calcite, aragonite; additionally well rounded, elongate fragments of calcarous algae (Halimeda ?) and few bivalve fragments

Texture

Grains are very well rounded, well sorted, medium to coarse grained

Description

Radial ooids of aragonite needles, generally around a detritic core (quartz, calcarous fragment ecc.)

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Bright field

Dark field

Sample number

heubeck0010, NA15

Collector

unknown

Date of sampling

unknown, approx. 1995