Calciocarbonatite lapillistone

Specimen ID: 98F-WQ5

Mineral(s)
Locality
Mindat locality:
Dimensions
17cm x 6.5cm x 2.5cm
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A sawn and partially polished surface (wet), cut parallel to bedding, of lapillistone (deposit of chilled calciocarbonatite lava droplets). A few dark lapilli of nephelinite are also present. Collected from outcrop somewhere on the Kaiserstuhl volcano.
Tony Peterson - 13th December 2017

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A sawn and partially polished surface (dry), cut parallel to bedding, of lapillistone (deposit of chilled calciocarbonatite lava droplets). A few dark lapilli of nephelinite are also present. Collected from outcrop somewhere on the Kaiserstuhl volcano.
Tony Peterson - 13th December 2017

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A natural bedding plane surface of lapillistone (deposit of chilled calciocarbonatite lava droplets). A few dark lapilli of nephelinite are also present. Collected from outcrop somewhere on the Kaiserstuhl volcano.
Tony Peterson - 13th December 2017

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Thin section, in plane polarized light, of chilled carbonatite melt lapilli containing irregular calcite microphenocrysts, in a calcite cement.
Tony Peterson - 23rd April 2018

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Thin section, with crossed polars, of chilled carbonatite melt lapilli containing irregular calcite microphenocrysts, in a calcite cement.
Tony Peterson - 23rd April 2018
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