Rock group | Sedimentary |
Origin | Chemical |
Primary minerals | Calcite Aragonite |
Limestone is the protolith of marble.
Limestone in Hand Sample
Helderberg limestone featuring stylolites
Tonoloway limestone
Storm deposits recorded in Tonoloway limestone (one of your friendly author’s personal favorites)
Ulster white limestone featuring a fossil belemnite
Brown limestone
Oolitic limestone
Encrinal limestone
Fossiliferous Keyser limestone
Bryozoan-rich limestone
Tansil Formation limestone with pisolites
Limestone in Thin Section
Thin Section GigaPans
Oolitic limestone, plane polars
Oolitic limestone, crossed polars
Fossiliferous limestone, plane polars
Fossiliferous limestone, crossed polars
Encrinal limestone, plane polars
Encrinal limestone, crossed polars
At the time of this writing, WordPress was being very weird and refusing to embed the YouTube link for oolitic limestone in crossed polars.