micrite: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	calcarenite • microcrystalline calcite • carbonate sand

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Triassic limestone

Jurassic limestone

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coquina limestone clastic rock matrix carbonate rock sandstone chalk travertine calcrete grit loess clay shale conglomerate breccia

Basalt sample returned by Apollo 15, from near a long sinous lunar valley called Hadley Rille. Measured at 3.3 years old.

(Bed) Rocks and (Flint) Stones