Wackestone
1. Wackestone
Carbonate mud, micrite matrix-supported; skeletal grains (benthic foraminifers, gastropods) > 10%.
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2. Wackestone
Carbonate mud, micrite matrix-supported; skeletal grains (crinoids and sponge spicules, Tithonian, Upper Jurassic) > 10%.
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3. Wackestone
Carbonate mud, micrite matrix-supported; skeletal and non-skeletal grains (crinoids, sponge spicules, peloids) > 10%.
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4. Wackestone to Packstone
Micrite matrix-supported to locally grain-supported (due to bioturbation) with micrite matrix between the grains; skeletal grains (upper Cretaceous planktonic foraminifera) > 10%.
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![1.1.2.1](https://carbonateworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1.1.2.1.jpg)
Miliolid foraminifer
Gastropod
![Wackestone Wackestone](https://carbonateworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1.1.2.2.jpg)
Sponge spicule
![1.1.2.3 Wackestone Wackestone](https://carbonateworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1.1.2.3.jpg)
Crinoid ossicle
![1.1.2.4 Wackestone to Packstone Wackestone to Packstone](https://carbonateworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1.1.2.4.jpg)
Planktonic foraminifer Marginotruncana sp.