Calcite morphologies from the Heiden soil. a. Fossil shell with coating of recrystallized calcite. b. Coccolith fossil. c. Botryoidal calcite. d. Mixture of bladed and other non-fossil forms of calcite. e. Calcite covered surface with linear striations and small crystals on surface. f. Group of fossils (arrows) including disk shaped coccoliths along with bladed calcite and quartz.

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