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What color is the skeletal phosphate in thin section?
What color is the skeletal phosphate in thin section?
- Reddish orange
- Pale white
- Dark green
- Light yellow to brown (correct)
What may nucleate around grains during the diagnosis of bone fragments?
What may nucleate around grains during the diagnosis of bone fragments?
- Silica crystals
- Gypsum formations
- Colloph-ate nodules (correct)
- Calcium carbonate deposits
What process results in the formation of bone beds with fish scales?
What process results in the formation of bone beds with fish scales?
- Chemical precipitation of phosphorites
- Concentration of vertebrate skeletal fragments (correct)
- Erosion and weathering of bedrock
- Volcanic activity
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