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How Does Limestone Form?

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    Limestone is a type of sedimentary rocks which is composed of calcite and CaCO3. It may be formed inorganically or by the biochemical processes.

    There are different types of limestone because of variety of conditions under which it is produced.
    Coral reefs are one of the examples of limestone produced in form of the skeletons of coral invertebrate animals. Large limestone deposits are found inland, such as the exposed limestone in Guadalupe Mountains in New Mexico.

    Chalk is another form of biochemically produced limestone. It is a soft porous rock made of skeletal parts of microscopic organisms. It produces white cliffs of Dover, England.
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