Coastal Lebanon /

Frequent: Chalk/Micrite, Very Coarse Sand, Some Quartz inclusions, Rounded, High Sphericity, Monocrystalline Quartz, Medium Silt, Rounded- Sub-Rounded, High Sphericity, Biomicrite (few identifiable- some forams, some algae), Medium Sand, Rounded, High Sphericity, Common: Sparrite, Medium Sand, Angular, Low Sphericity Most, if not all, of this calcite was deposited after these vessels came to rest on the sea floor. There are excellent examples of the exploitation of voids., Few: Mudstone (Clay Temper) with quartz inclusions, Medium Sand, Rounded, High Sphericity, Very Few: Radiolarian Chert, Medium Sand, (one long narrow frament, one rounded and clearly radiolarian), Rounded, High-Low Sphericity, Rare: Garnet, Medium Sand, Rounded, High Sphericity, Very Rare: Highly Birefringent Mineral (Olovine/Clinopyroxene), Coarse Silt, Angular, Medium Sphericity, Opaques: 1%, Black, Rounded, Medium Sphericity, Clear Boundaries.

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