Oolitic is a town in Indian Creek and Shawswick townships, Lawrence County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,184 at the 2010 census.
Oolitic, Indiana
Oolite or oölite is a sedimentary rock formed from ooids, spherical grains composed of concentric layers. Strictly, oolites consist of ooids of diameter 0.25–2 millimetres; rocks composed of ooids larger than 2 mm are called pisolites. The term oolith can refer to oolite or individual ooids.
Modern ooids from a beach on Joulter Cays, The Bahamas
Ooids on the surface of a limestone; Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Utah
Thin-section of calcitic ooids from an oolite within the Carmel Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Utah