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Oolitic is a type of limestone. It is composed of minute rounded concretions that resemble fish roe. The origin of the word is French.
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What is oolitic limestone used for?
it's used for golden mansions that attract kitties
Sedimentary rock Consisting of tiny concentric grains of limestone?
Oolitic limestone.
What are the types of limestone in the Caribbean?
Jurassic Coralline Limestone and Oolitic Lime Stone
Oolitic limestone is most likely to form in what type of depositional environment?
shallow, clear, marine waters with vigorous current activity
What are the source materials for the ingredients of sedimentary rocks?
Some minerals in sedimentary rocks include halite mineral crystals which are in rock salt and gypsum mineral crystals which are in rock gypsum. Also, calcite crystals are found in oolitic limestone and travertine.
What is the difference between fossiliferous limestone and oolitic limestone?
Fossiliferous limestone has larger fossils in the rock and is of biochemical composition where as the oolitic limestone doesn't have any fossils and has a chemical composition. The Oolitic limestone has spherical grains that resemble miniature pearls (they are called ooliths or ooids). Both do effervesce in diluted HCL(acid)
What is oolitic limestone used for?
it's used for golden mansions that attract kitties
Sedimentary rock Consisting of tiny concentric grains of limestone?
Oolitic limestone.
What are the types of limestone in the Caribbean?
Jurassic Coralline Limestone and Oolitic Lime Stone
Does sandstone and oolitic limestone have the same composition?
No oolitic limestone is mostly calcium carbonate with some spar cement,but sandstone is mostly quartz but with all sorts of weathered products of other preexisting rocks with size within the range of 1/16mm to 4mm
What sedimentary rock forms marble?
Limestone or dolostone forms marble. This encompasses all types, from Chalk to Oolitic Limestone.
What kind of grains does limestone have in it?
Limestone is primarily composed of the mineral calcite and may be very fine-grained, oolitic, or fossiliferous.
Oolitic limestone is most likely to form in what type of depositional environment?
shallow, clear, marine waters with vigorous current activity
What is oolitic stone?
Oolite is sometimes also known as 'Egg Stone'. It is a limestone formed from ooids, spherical grains found in concentric layers.
What name is given to the rock that all houses are built with in Bath?
The stone is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Commonly known as Bath Stone.
'Endolithic phototrophic communities are most common in which type of environment'?
in oolitic sand grains along tropical water shoreline mostly with extreme condition of salinity and temperature
What is the color of the pyramid of Giza?
The Great Pyramid was the color of Oolitic limestone- a kind of honey color. When it was built, the outside was covered in a layer of polished white fine grained limestone, but had been removed later to build Cairo
