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Venus

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Microfossils
Submitted by Venus on Thu, 01/31/2013 - 10:40.

Is It possible to find microfossil in coarse grain sandstone??

Gus Horsley

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Theoretically it's possible
Fri, 02/01/2013 - 07:43

Theoretically it's possible to find fossils, micro or otherwise, in any type of marine sedimentary rock.  They're far less common in sandstones than limestones, usually because sandstones mostly contain battered remnants of fossils due to their depositional nature.

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