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What does concretionary mean?

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  1. (geology) Composed of concretions
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As small concretionary nodules, it occurs disseminated through sandstone at Kommern in the Eifel.
At Cresson Quarry, the Kiamichi Formation is 10 m thick and comprises silty marls with concretionary limestone lenses and layers and minor beds of fine sandstone.
Those sections expose concretionary mudstones interbedded with thinner quartz sandstones, limestones, and marl.
They conclude that carbonate concretionary growth occurs over a depth range from tens to hundreds of metres of burial.
The prevalence of crystalline, concretionary and drusy structures in dolomite can thus be simply explained.
The mineral is occasionally found as concretionary masses in cavities in basic igneous rocks such as dolerite.

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