Altered Tremadocian brachiopod, Ülgase, Estonia

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Sophie Graul
Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia and France

Cross-section of a phosphorite sample from Ülgase.

The shell shows intense recrystallisation, with almost complete pyritisation of the internal layers (the dark ones may be the initially organic-rich baculate) and iron-rich apatite edges.

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