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How is CaCo3 formed by the accumulation of shells from minute sea creatures?
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Which of these rocks formed in a marine environment?
Limestone is made by the accumulation of shells and marine organisms.
What rock is formed from shells of sea creatures?
lime stone
What sedimentary rock formed from the shells of sea creatures?
The rock would be limestone, the mineral would be calcite.
What is an instructive igneous body?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock made up of calcite (CaCO3) as its main mineral. Some limestones were formed by chemical deposition and others by the accumulation of shells from minute sea creatures. Many invertebrate animals (animals with no backbones) take calcite from sea water to construct their shells. When they die the shells fall to the sea bed. Areas where there is little deposition of mud or sand will be ideal for the formation of limestone. One type of limestone which is very pure is called chalk, but most other limestones contain variable amounts of mud or sand or other material.Read more: How_is_limestone_formed
How limestone rock are form?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock made up of calcite (CaCO3) as its main mineral. Some limestones were formed by chemical deposition and others by the accumulation of shells from minute sea creatures. Many invertebrate animals (animals with no backbones) take calcite from sea water to construct their shells. When they die the shells fall to the sea bed. Areas where there is little deposition of mud or sand will be ideal for the formation of limestone. One type of limestone which is very pure is called chalk, but most other limestones contain variable amounts of mud or sand or other material.
How limestone rock form?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock made up of calcite (CaCO3) as its main mineral. Some limestones were formed by chemical deposition and others by the accumulation of shells from minute sea creatures. Many invertebrate animals (animals with no backbones) take calcite from sea water to construct their shells. When they die the shells fall to the sea bed. Areas where there is little deposition of mud or sand will be ideal for the formation of limestone. One type of limestone which is very pure is called chalk, but most other limestones contain variable amounts of mud or sand or other material.
What do conchiferous creatures have?
Shells...hence; conch.
What is the difference between limestone and chalk?
they are both rocks but both formed different ways chalk is formed by dead sea creatures skeleltons build up to form chalk and limestone is formed by shells and very littke amounts of mud and sand
True or false is limestone formed from mud that hardens into rock?
Not 'mud', it is the remains of shells and skeletons of dead sea creatures, as well as precipitated calcite that eventually lithify to form limestone.
What are special about hermit crabs?
They live in other creatures shells
How does fossilifrous limestone form?
From the shells and skeletons of dead sea creatures.
Pearls are in what sea creatures?
Mother-of-Pearl is found in Oyster shells
