Marokko Fossil
The close-up view of each stone type shows a relatively true image of the crystalline structure and the colouring. This is suitable for grained slabs to a limited extend only. In regard to the colour matching, please take an original sample of the stone from your furniture store as a basis.
Petrography
This is a brown to black sludge lime with little veining, sprinkled with ammonites (goniatites) and orthoceras, the shells of fossil cuttlefish. To-day the best known representative of these is the "squids?. The shells and their fragments clearly stand out due to the white colour and can reach sizes up to D = 15 cm.
Petrogenesis
Limestone is sedimentary rock. In this case, it is a so called sludge lime. The dark colour is caused by organic substances (bitumen). Often, this limestone is generated in an oxygen-deficient environment at the bottom of the sea.
Price group | 4a |
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Colour | brown |
Hardness | Soft Stone |
Structure Type | Slab with Irregular Pattern |
Outdoor | not suitable |
Synonyms | Fossil Brown, Gallaxy Marron, Marron Etrusco, Erfoud Marrone, Pietra di Erfoud |
Group | Original Rock Type |
Petrographic Assignment | Limestone |
Age | Devon (Approximately 395 - 345 million years) |
Deposit | Marokko |
Novelty | No |
Colour | brown |
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Hardness | Soft Stone |
Structure Type | Slab with Irregular Pattern |
Synonyms | Fossil Brown, Gallaxy Marron, Marron Etrusco, Erfoud Marrone, Pietra di Erfoud |
Group | Original Rock Type |
Petrographic Assignment | Limestone |
Age | Devon (Approximately 395 - 345 million years) |
Deposit | Marokko |