In specific environments, like shallow, tropical lagoons, carbonate rocks can form through direct precipitation
Diagenesis modifies original texture and composition. Without understanding diagenesis, origin is misinterpreted.
Mechanical compaction packing grains tighter, followed by chemical compaction where pressure dissolution creates jagged clay-seamed zones called stylolites .
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