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What is a sedimentary rock formed from coral shells and skeletons that piled up on the ocean floor?
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Is a sedimentary rock formed from coral shells and skeletons that piled up on the ocean floor.?
Shale
What is a sedimentary rocks formed from coral shells and skeletons they piled up on the ocean floor?
Shale Rock
What is formed from coral shells and skeletons piled up on the ocean floor?
Yes, coral reefs are made of the limestone skeletons of deceased corals - the living corals are on the surface of the reef.
What is a rock formed from crushed shells and coral?
A Sedimentary Rock. Eg, Bioclastic Limestone.
What type of sedimentary rock formed from the remains of coral and sea shells?
Limestone and chalk.
Which rock was formed from skeleton and shells of sea animals and plants?
Coral is the hard rock-like substance that is formed by skeletons of tiny sea animals. These calcareous skeletons build up and form islands and reefs.
How was the reefs formed?
coral reefs were formed by the calcium of skeletons
Where is limestone quarried?
Limestone is often sedimentary, formed of calcite in the form of shells and coral. So it's found where there used to be an ocean.
Is shale formed from the skeletons of ancient coral animals.?
No.
How is coral limestone different from other types of limestone?
Coral limestone is formed almost completely from the calcitic skeletons of individual coral polyp colonies. Other limestones can be formed from the shells of marine organisms or be formed from the precipitation of calcite from a saturated solution, or a combination of the two. Chemically, they're pretty much the same.
Islands formed by limestone animal skeletons?
Coral island.
Is shale is formed from the skeletons of ancient coral animals?
Shale rock is indirectly formed of skeletons and ancient coral animals. Clay minerals and tiny fragments of minerals like quartz and calcite make up shale. Calcite comes from the reaction of CaCO3, or calcium carbonate with Hydrogen ions. CaCO3 is a component of shells and bones.
