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What is a sedimentary rock formed from deposits of shells called?
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∙ 13y ago
Its limestone I'm pretty sure'
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What are rocks called when they are formed by sand rocks and shells?
Sedimentary.
What can organic sedimentary rock formed from layers of bones and shells form?
Limestone
What type of sedimentary rock formed from the remains of coral and sea shells?
Limestone and chalk.
Which type of rock is formed from tiny particles of sand shells pebbles?
No, in order to be a metamorphic rock, it has to be a rock that undergoes extreme heat and pressure. What you're describing is the formation of a sedimentary rock called a limestone.
What is a sedimentary rocks formed from coral shells and skeletons they piled up on the ocean floor?
Shale Rock
What are rocks called when they are formed by sand rocks and shells?
Sedimentary.
What is sedimentary rock formed for deposits of shells?
Limestone is created in small warm still waters where shells and other sediments create layer which in time turn into Limestone.
Sedimentary rock formed from deposita of shells?
Limestone
Rock formed by deposits of animal's shells and skeletons?
limestone
What is sedimentary rock from deposits of shells?
Limestone. However most large masses of limestone formed from coral reefs, not shells. The shell fossils in this limestone are "incidentals" due to shell dwelling organisms living on the periphery of the reef, not the bulk of the limestone.
What is a sedimentary rock formed from deposites of shells?
Limestone and chalk.
Which kind of sedimentary rock is formed by cemented shells of marine organisms?
Limestone
What can organic sedimentary rock formed from layers of bones and shells form?
Limestone
What Sedimentary rock formed from deposits of shell?
Limestone. However most large masses of limestone formed from coral reefs, not shells. The shell fossils in this limestone are "incidentals" due to shell dwelling organisms living on the periphery of the reef, not the bulk of the limestone.
Which sedimentary rock is formed from the compaction and cementation of the skeletons and shells of sea organisms?
Coquina is a sedimentary rock fitting that description.
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.
