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Chalk

Shelly Limestone - Gloucestershire

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Specimens of Chalk, collected from Yorkshire, in the UK. Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary carbonate rock and form of limestone. It forms in reasonably deep marine conditions, by the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates, known as coccoliths, which shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores. Additionally, it is not uncommon to find flint or chert nodules embedded in chalk. These specimens are Cretaceous in age, available in multiple sizes, and supplied in a white card tray with information label.

We also supply Chalk thin sections for microscope study which are available to buy HERE.

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Specimens of Chalk, collected from Yorkshire, in the UK. Chalk is a soft, white, porous sedimentary carbonate rock and form of limestone. It forms in reasonably deep marine conditions, by the gradual accumulation of minute calcite plates, known as coccoliths, which shed from micro-organisms called coccolithophores. Additionally, it is not uncommon to find flint or chert nodules embedded in chalk. These specimens are Cretaceous in age, available in multiple sizes, and supplied in a white card tray with information label.

We also supply Chalk thin sections for microscope study which are available to buy HERE.

Weight 120 g
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2" x 2", 3" x 2", 4" x 3"

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