Materials

Limestone

Sedimentary Rock

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General Reference

Earth and Environment Atlas. "Limestone." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/limestone.

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Earth and Environment Atlas. (n.d.). Limestone. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/limestone

BibTeX

@misc{earthandenvironmentatlas-limestone,
  author = {Earth and Environment Atlas},
  title = {Limestone},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://earth.interactiveatlas.org/materials/limestone},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

A sedimentary rock built mostly from the calcium carbonate remains of marine organisms, shells, coral and microscopic plankton, compacted over time. It is the parent rock marble forms from under heat and pressure.

Facts

Kind

Rock 1

Formation Class

Sedimentary, formed at the earth's surface by the accumulation and cementation of fragments of earlier rocks, minerals and organisms, or as chemical precipitates 1

Chemical Formula

Predominantly calcium carbonate, CaCO3 1

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Speleology

Most caves speleology studies form through the dissolution of limestone and other soluble karst rock.

Source Speleology (Wikipedia)

In Discipline

Geology

Source Rock, Geology (Wikipedia)

Sources

1. Rock, Geology (Wikipedia)

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