Abstract
Generally occurs as small rhombohedral grains (Figs 23–26), but may more rarely occur as tiny waxy spheroids aggregated into cylindrical masses, suggestive of worm tubes. These grains are possibly otoliths (ear-bones of fish) in which dolomite has replaced the original calcite.
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Rothwell, R.G. (1989). Dolomite. In: Minerals and Mineraloids in Marine Sediments. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1133-8_8
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