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Zebra Calcite Freeforms

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Zebra Calcite: Every Stripe a Chapter of Geological History

by Laura Konst
Zebra Calcite gets its name from its striking black and white stripes, but the stripes are not decoration: they are a geological record. Each dark band records a period when organic carbon was present in the water that deposited the Calcite. Each pale band records a period when it was not.