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A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Oolitic limestone, Bedford, Indiana |
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| Description | This white limestone is the Spergen Limestone (a.k.a. Salem Limestone) a well known building stone from Indiana. It is fine grained; the hard-to-see individual grains are oolites, microfossils and macrofossil fragments. This sample is 10 cm across. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Mississippian |
| Lithostratigraphy | Spergen Limestone (Salem Limestone) |
| Location | USA ▹ Indiana. Near Tyrone. |
| Photographer | Mike Davis. 2001-04-05. |
| Collection | Ward’s Collection of Classic North American Rocks #62. |
| Key words | oolitic limestone, oolite, limestone, Pennsylvania, Spergen Limestone, Salem Limestone |
| Tech details | 619 KB. Hand specimen. Fujifilm FinePix S1Pro digital camera; 60mm AF Nikon micro lens. |
| GeoDIL number | 297 |
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