Outstanding feature |
Fibrous elongate crystals of aragonite replace calcite mozaic |
Folk Classification |
Fibrous aragonitic travertine mozaic |
Dunham Classification |
Fibrous aragonitic travertine mozaic |
Common Grains |
Fibrous aragonite lathes |
Sorting |
Not applicable |
Rounding |
Not applicable |
Micritization & envelopes |
None |
Cement & diagenetic fabric |
Fibrous aragonite lathes replacing calcite spar |
Porosity |
5% in leached fractures |
Depositional Setting |
Cave travertine |
Diagenetic history |
Recrystallized calcite and replacement by aragonite |
Striking recrystallization of calcite and replacement by a mozaic of aragonite lathes.