Dictionary:Packstone

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A granular carbonate rock containing a matrix of calcareous mud. Compare mudstone (indurated mud but without the laminations of shale), wackestone (mud-supported carbonate containing more than 10% grains >20 μm), grainstone (grain-supported with <1% mud).