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Journal of Sedimentary Research (SEPM)

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Journal of Sedimentary Research, Section A: Sedimentary Petrology and Processes
Vol. 65A (1995)No. 2. (April), Pages 332-336

A Model of Orientation of Subcrystals in Saddle Dolomite

Aleksandra Kostecka

ABSTRACT

Saddle dolomite crystals are composed of subcrystals that are slightly overlapped, rotated, and tilted with respect to each other. The subcrystal arrangement resembles a screw-like pattern. The c axes of subcrystals are skew lines: their directions change from horizontal to steeply inclined relative to the substrate. In thin section the traces of the c axes of subcrystals simulate a divergent (or convergent) pattern, which is the cause of sweeping extinction typical of saddle dolomite.

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