Effect of Original Mineralogy

The Bermudian biosparites are composed of a mixture of calcite, magnesian calcite and aragonite. The diagenetic pathway of these sediments is controlled to a 

There is a need to explore the chemical and isotopic inhomogeneities and structure of calcite as it continues to stabilize in the diagenetic environment. These features may provide valuable clues to the processes of stabilization of calcite sediments in the meteoric, and other, diagenetic environments. 

From the discussion in the previous two sections, it can be seen that the rate of alteration of carbonate sediments during meteoric diagenesis is strongly influenced by the original mineralogy of the sediments and the temperature and 

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