Petrographic sample: Tel Zeror 4, 6072/8.TS

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Tel Zeror 4, 6072/8

Tel Zeror

1200 BCE - 1000 BCE

Israel/Central Coastal Plain

Iron Age I

Description

The clay is carbonatic, yellowish to tan in PPL, rich with poorly-sorted carbonate micritic limestone, with many very poorly-sorted spherical and rounded iron rich minerals (up to 50µm). The matrix is very rich in microfossils, including planktonic foraminifera such as Globigerinella. In some cases the foraminifera are filled or surrounded with iron rich minerals. The fabric also includes benthonic foraminifera, such as Brizalina and coralline algae such as Amphiroa and Bryozoa . The inclusions consist of sub-angular to angular quartz (5-15% 50-150µm), limestone (~5% up to 200µm) and chert in different levels of erosion.

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Tel Zeror
1200 BCE - 1000 BCE
Iron Age I

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Petrographic Sample

Neogene marl with iron ooids and microfossils the Lebanese coast

Associated Ware/Ware Family