Photos of carbonate rich sedimentary or metamorphosed sedimentary rocks. Click on any photo for a larger image. Some of the larger images may be on other web sites and will open in a new window.

Limestone outcrop photo

carbonate_001. Closeup photo of an outcrop of the Hoyt Limestone of the Whitehall Formation, Crossman Quarry, Whitehall, NY, USA. Gray limestone includes cabbage-shaped stramatolites. Tan layers are dolomitic. The field of view is approximately 60 cm across.



Limestone outcrop photo

carbonate_002. Outcrop of thin-bedded limestone, Plattenkalk formation near Ideon Andron, Central Crete. The field of view is approximately 2 meters across.



Marble Outctop Photo

carbonate_003. Outcrop of Upper Cambrian Stockbridge Formation marble near Williamstown, MA, USA. The marble shown contains silty layers and is largely calcite. It was metamorphosed during the Ordovician Taconic Orogeny. The field of view is approximately 2 meters across.



Limstone with dispersed Qtz clasts

carbonate_004. Sample of the Upper Cambrian Hoyt limestone of the Whitehall Formation, Crossman Quarry, Whitehall, NY, USA. Quartz clasts in the limestone stand out in relief because of weathering. The field of view is approximately 8 cm across.