The Lower Cambrian of Scandinavia consists mainly of light-coloured marine sandstones, with thicknesses reaching approximately 120 m in Skåne (Scania). Two drill cores from the Skrylle Quarry of west-central Skåne were investigated and documented with respect to their petrographic properties, mineral contents, and diagenetic history. The drill cores are divided into three lithofacies, and represent the entire Hardeberga Formation and some 19 m of the overlying Norretorp Formation. The sandstones from Skrylle are predominantly composed of detrital monocrystalline quartz grains and authigenic quartz overgrowths. Petrographic analyses indicate additional diagenetic processes in the form of feldspar dissolution and carbonate cementation. The pr...