Guttulatic calcite: A carbonate microtexture that reveals frigid formation conditions

Eva L. Scheller; John Grotzinger; Miquela Ingalls

doi:10.1130/G49312.1

Guttulatic calcite: A carbonate microtexture that reveals frigid formation conditions

Eva L. Scheller, John Grotzinger, Miquela Ingalls

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The paragenesis of carbonate pseudomorphic textures in the rock record that are inferred to represent replaced metastable ikaite (CaCO₃·6H₂O), which forms at frigid temperatures, isuncertain. Petrographic analysis of Mono Lake (California, USA) Pleistocene tufas allowedrecognition of a distinctive calcite microtexture, termed guttulatic calcite, that forms duringcarbonate dehydration and is diagnostic for precursor ikaite. The texture is characterized bypseudo-hexagonal or spherical low-Mg cores, which likely formed initially as vaterite, withan ellipsoidal overgrowth, and a secondary high-Mg sparry or micritic cement.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	48-53
Number of pages	6
Journal	Geology
Volume	50
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1130/G49312.1
State	Published - 2022

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