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Limestone: COLOR: It Is Ordinarily White, But May Be Colored by Impurities, Iron Oxide Making It
Limestone: COLOR: It Is Ordinarily White, But May Be Colored by Impurities, Iron Oxide Making It
Limestone is a sedimentary
rock, composed mainly of skeletal
fragments of marine organisms such
as coral, forams, and mollusks. Its
major minerals are the minerals
calcite and aragonite, which are
different crystal forms of calcium
carbonate (CaCo3).
COLOR: It is ordinarily white, but may be colored by impurities, iron oxide making it
brown, yellow, or red and carbon making it blue, black, or gray.
Varieties of Limestone
Chalk – remains of marine organisms
Tufa – produced by precipitation of calcium-laden waters at a hot
spring, lake shores, or other locations.
Uses of Limestone
For construction
The Great Pyramid of Giza has an outside cover made entirely from
limestone.
-National Geographic