page_title: Micrite
hierarchical_section_title: Micrite
caption_attribution_description: English: Lithographic limestone in the Gerofit Formation (Turonian) near Makhtesh Ramon, southern Israel; one variety of Jerusalem stone (meleke).
context_page_description: Micrite is a limestone constituent formed of calcareous particles ranging in diameter up to four μm formed by the recrystallization of lime mud.
  Micrite is lime mud, carbonate of mud grade. In the Folk classification micrite is a carbonate rock dominated by fine-grained calcite. Carbonate rocks that contain fine-grained calcite in addition to allochems are named intramicrite, oomicrite, biomicrite or pelmicrite under the Folk classification depending on the dominant allochem.
  Micrite as a component of carbonate rocks can occur as a matrix, as micrite envelopes around allochems or as peloids.
  Micrite can be generated by chemical precipitation, from disaggregation of peloids, or by micritization.
  The term was coined in 1959 by Robert Folk for his carbonate rock classification system. Micrite is derived from MICRocrystalline calcITE.
context_section_description: Micrite is a limestone constituent formed of calcareous particles ranging in diameter up to four μm formed by the recrystallization of lime mud.
  Micrite is lime mud, carbonate of mud grade. In the Folk classification micrite is a carbonate rock dominated by fine-grained calcite. Carbonate rocks that contain fine-grained calcite in addition to allochems are named intramicrite, oomicrite, biomicrite or pelmicrite under the Folk classification depending on the dominant allochem.
  Micrite as a component of carbonate rocks can occur as a matrix, as micrite envelopes around allochems or as peloids.
  Micrite can be generated by chemical precipitation, from disaggregation of peloids, or by micritization.
  The term was coined in 1959 by Robert Folk for his carbonate rock classification system. Micrite is derived from MICRocrystalline calcITE.
caption: Meleke in the Gerofit Formation (Turonian) near Makhtesh Ramon, southern Israel; a type of micrite.
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