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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 376958, member: 5833"]That is most likely calcite alabaster. Would have suggested onyx marble as a possibility, but do not see any stratification. All these things started out with the calcium from the shells of tiny ocean organisms, Just depends on what happened to the deposits afterward.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 376958, member: 5833"]That is most likely calcite alabaster. Would have suggested onyx marble as a possibility, but do not see any stratification. All these things started out with the calcium from the shells of tiny ocean organisms, Just depends on what happened to the deposits afterward.[/QUOTE]
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