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Metamorphosed rugose corals in Devonian Limestone, at Calcium, North Queensland, Australia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

W. R. Morgan ,
I. H. Perrott  and
R. T. Petherbridge
W. R. Morgan
Affiliation:
Dept. of Chemistry, W. A. Inst. of Technology, Bentley, W.A. 6102
I. H. Perrott
Affiliation:
Tipperary Land & Exploration Corp., Sidney, N.S.W. 2000
R. T. Petherbridge
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology & Mineralogy, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4810
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Summary

Contact metamorphosed rugose corals now consist of sub-radiate to sub-parallel fibres of wollastonite. It is considered that they result from the recrystallization of corallites that were partly silicified during diagenesis.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 108 , Issue 6 , November 1971 , pp. 533 - 536
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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