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Limestone

Sedimentary rock composed mainly by calcium carbonate, formed especially in marine environments.

Limestone is usually a compact rock, light-coloured (white, yellow or grey) and fine-grained.

It may contain fossils.

Curiosity: it effervesces in contact with hydrochloric acid.

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