LIMESTONE

Color Crystallinity Texture Allochems Hardness Accessory Minerals Fossils Porosity blk, brn, wh, crm, red, off wh, gr, gy, pk c xln, mc xln, vf xln, f xln, m xln, c xln, vc xln, suc(sucrosic) sm-smooth; rgh-rough biocl, ool, pels, intcl, spy calc chky, sft, frm, hd pyt, lig, foss, etc. intgr, intprt, intxln vug, mcstyl

SHALE
Color Luster Texture Cutting Shape Fissility/Bedding Hardness Accessory Minerals Impurities blk, brn, wh, red, gn, gy, pk dull or rthy, wxy, slky, glassy, metallic sm, rgh blky, plty, fiss, spnty sft, frm, hd, brit

SANDSTONE
Color Grain Size Sorting Grain Rounding Consolidation Cementation Accessory Minerals Fossils Porosity same as shale and limeston; note: CLEAR IS NOT A COLOR vf gr, f gr, m gr, c gr, vc gr p srt, m srt, w srt, vw srt w rd, rd, sub rd, sub ang, ang fri, p cons, m cons, w cons silc-siliceous, calc-calcarious, cly-clay

intgr, frac, n vis por, pp por(pinpoint)

VISUAL SHOW INDICATORS

Oil Stain Fluorescence Oil Cut Ring Cut ostn : naked eye observation flor : wht, dull gold, gold, bright gold, blue oc : see below ring : residual ring in the dimple dish after evaporation of solvent resdl c : residual stain in entire dimple dish after evaporation of Residual Cut solvent Flash Cut

flash c : instantaneuos coloring of solvent on contact in dimple dish stmg c : sample gives a thin line of color within solvent before Streaming Cut evaporation No Stain or Cut nsoc