Rocks

Lime stone
Sand stone
Granite
Amber
Calcite
Cone-in –cone
Jasper
Lime Stone:
• Lime stone is a natural sedimentary that people have used in a number of ways
for thousands of years. Its origins can be traced as far back as the Egyptian
pyramids and is still used to this day in modern industries and architecture.
Sand Stone:
• Sandstone is a rock comprising mostly of minerals formed from sand. The stone
gains its formation throughout centuries of deposits forming in lakes, rivers, or on
the ocean floor. These elements group together with the minerals quartz or calcite
and compresses.
Granite:
• Origin. Granite is an igneous rock and is formed from magma. Granite magma has
many potential origins but it must intrude other rocks. Most granite intrusions are
emplaced at depth within the crust, usually greater than 1.5 km and up to 50 km
depth within thick continental crust.
 Amber:
• Amber was one of the first substances used for personal adornment.
In fact, decorated pieces of amber have been found in remains from
the Stone Age. The stones were used as amulets and talismans
before, during, and since the ancient Greeks.

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 Calcite:
• Crystal structure of calcite. Calcite is a carbonate mineral and the most stable
polymorph of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). ... Calcite seas existed in
Earth history when the primary inorganic precipitate of calcium carbonate in
marine waters was ...
Cone – in – cone:
• The formation of cone-in-cone structures has been attributed to: ...
Gillman and Metzger proposed that their cone-in-cone structures
were formed as a result that as fibrous aragonite grew, it displaced
the still plastic clay materials.
Jasper:
• Jasper is known to have been a favorite gem in the ancient world; its
name can be traced back in Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Assyrian, Greek
and Latin. On Minoan Crete, jasper was carved to produce seals circa
1800 BC, as evidenced by archaeological recoveries at the palace of
Knossos.
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• Shah Muhammad.