Carbonate petrology and geochemistry of Pennsylvanian coal balls from ...
Highlights The earliest cement in coal balls from the Kalo Fm. is marine, highMg calcite. Early diagenetic pyrite and highMg calcite indicate a marine origin for coal balls. Coal balls with meteoric and marine calcite formed in hydrologically dynamic mires. Burial diagenesis has altered most coalball calcite to lowMg, ferroan calcite. Diagenetically altered coalball cements may not retain ...