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Tallahatta Quartzite/Sandstone (Alabama & Mississippi)
Tallahatta Quartzite (Sandstone ) ( Alabama, Mississippi )
A light gray quartz arenite with a distinct snow-flake pattern. Composed of well-sorted, medium grained quartz sand that is well indurated by weakly luminescent, multigenerational phases of opal-CT, chalcedony and quartz cement. The snowflake pattern is caused by patchy distribution of chert cement.
Last photo courtesy of Willjo
A light gray quartz arenite with a distinct snow-flake pattern. Composed of well-sorted, medium grained quartz sand that is well indurated by weakly luminescent, multigenerational phases of opal-CT, chalcedony and quartz cement. The snowflake pattern is caused by patchy distribution of chert cement.
Last photo courtesy of Willjo