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What rock does skarn form from?
Usually carbonate rocks like limestone or dolomite.
What do rocks feel like?
Rocks feel like a hard, rough, rigid object.
What kind of rocks are most affected by acid rain?
Rocks containing calcium carbonate (Ca CO3), example limestone, tend to weather easily. The acid rain reacts with this component in sedimentary rocks and weaken the bonds between its constituent minerals, making it more susceptible to breaking away from the original portion.
Are sedimentary rocks easily eroded?
YES! Sedimentary rocks, like sandstone, limestone and chalk can easily be eroded. This is because the grains in them (different to particles) are further apart to the grains in rocks like igneous rocks. This means that the grains can easily be crumbled off, and you get left with sand.
Where is a common place to find limestone?
Bryce Canyon National Park. In hills and downland and where other sedimentary rocks are like clay.
What can rain water do to rocks like limestone?
Rain water can dissolve rocks like limestone.
Which rocks are used for making buildings?
There are many characteristic of a best rock in building buildings. For easy work you can use marble, limestone or dolomite. For durability and strength you can use igneous rocks such as basalt.
What rock does skarn form from?
Usually carbonate rocks like limestone or dolomite.
What do rocks feel like?
Rocks feel like a hard, rough, rigid object.
Where is limestone made?
Like most other sedimentary rocks, limestone is composed of grains; however, most grains in limestone are skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera.
What do rocks like limestone contain?
Lime stone is nothing but purely calcium carbonate.
What are sedimentary rocks like?
Some sedimentary rocks are particles and rock fragments that become cemented together. Examples of sedimentary rocks are chalk, sandstone, limestone and shale.
What rocks are easily eroded by acid rain?
Calcium based rocks like chalk, limestone and marble are some examples of rocks easily erroded by acid rain.
What are Canada's most common rock?
Granite, Gneiss and then the sedimentary rocks like Sandstone and Limestone.
What rocks is formed in layers?
Sedimentary rock, like limestone, is formed in layers.
What does the word limestone refer to?
it is called limestone because it is a stone shaped like a lime and it has been known to taste like lime as well
What dose clouds feel like?
they feel like water and something really solf
