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Limestone

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Limestone is a hard rock.

Seven Sisters 3.jpg
Seven Sisters 3.jpg
It often comes from the sea. Shells and coral build it up. It can even have old fossils inside.
Luray Caverns, Dream Lake - mirror-lake of caverns (2015-05-09 14.03.28 by Stan Mouser).jpg
Luray Caverns, Dream Lake - mirror-lake of caverns (2015-05-09 14.03.28 by Stan Mouser).jpg
We use it to make roads. Can you find a rock like this?

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File:Limestone Eocene deposit at Sinj Stari grad - Dalmatia - Croatia IMG 20210820 083857.jpg
Limestone Eocene deposit at Sinj Stari...
File:Ooids, Joulter Cays, Bahamas.jpg
Ooids, Joulter Cays, Bahamas.jpg
File:Ooids Carmel Formation Jurassic.jpg
Ooids Carmel Formation Jurassic.jpg
File:CarmelOoids.jpg
CarmelOoids.jpg
File:Seven Sisters 3.jpg
Seven Sisters 3.jpg
File:Pamukkale 12.jpg
Pamukkale 12.jpg
File:Luray Caverns, Dream Lake - mirror-lake of caverns (2015-05-09 14.03.28 by Stan Mouser).jpg
Luray Caverns, Dream Lake - mirror-lake...
File:Chalk ("Upper Chalk" Formation, Upper Cretaceous; White Cliffs of Dover, England, southern Britain).jpg
Chalk ("Upper Chalk" Formation, Upper...
File:Lake Ontario Whiting NASA Satellite Image.jpg
Lake Ontario Whiting NASA Satellite Image.jpg
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Çört yumrusu, Chert.2.jpg
File:Stylolites mcr1.jpg
Stylolites mcr1.jpg
File:El Cap GUMO.jpg
El Cap GUMO.jpg

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