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OOLITE

Miscellaneous

• Family: None
• Region: None
• Mined At: Unspecified
• Raw Mineral: Yes
• Generic: No

Notes

(Richard Willis)

Sedimentary rock, a richly impure limestone of small fish-egg-like balls, for which it has been dubbed “eggstone”. It converts to “ironstone” in reaction to the presence of abundant iron oxides. see iron earths and pisolite

Authors

• Richard Willis (Owner)

Pictures

• Oolite Closeup

  

• Oolite Stone

  

XML

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