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... limestone . USES Calcite has many uses . Since ancient times , limestone has been burned to quicklime ( CaO ) , slaked to hydrated lime [ Ca ( OH ) 2 ] , and mixed with sand to make mortar . Lime- stone is one of the ingredients used in ...
... limestone . USES Calcite has many uses . Since ancient times , limestone has been burned to quicklime ( CaO ) , slaked to hydrated lime [ Ca ( OH ) 2 ] , and mixed with sand to make mortar . Lime- stone is one of the ingredients used in ...
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... limestone , Triassic ( magnified 18X ) . ( Top centre ) Micritic skeletal limestone , Upper Jurassic ( magnified 25X ) . ( Top right ) Skeletal oölitic limestone , with clean calcite cement , Lower Triassic ( magnified 18X ) . ( Bottom ...
... limestone , Triassic ( magnified 18X ) . ( Top centre ) Micritic skeletal limestone , Upper Jurassic ( magnified 25X ) . ( Top right ) Skeletal oölitic limestone , with clean calcite cement , Lower Triassic ( magnified 18X ) . ( Bottom ...
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... limestones are dolomi- tized are not thoroughly understood , but dolomites occur widely in the geologic record . The relative proportion of dolomite to limestone progressively increases with age in carbonate rocks . This secular trend ...
... limestones are dolomi- tized are not thoroughly understood , but dolomites occur widely in the geologic record . The relative proportion of dolomite to limestone progressively increases with age in carbonate rocks . This secular trend ...
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