volcanic rock Boninite – Ultramafic extrusive rock high in both magnesium and silica Carbonatite – Igneous rock with more than 50% carbonate minerals... 14 KB (2,209 words) - 23:33, 16 April 2024 |
Chalk (redirect from Chalk rock) Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock. It is a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite and originally formed deep under... 23 KB (2,564 words) - 12:59, 21 April 2024 |
Limestone (calcium carbonate CaCO3) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the... 72 KB (8,512 words) - 01:09, 2 May 2024 |
Alkalinity (section Dissolution of carbonate rock) alkalinity, especially for carbonate minerals in contact with groundwater or seawater. The dissolution (or precipitation) of carbonate rock has a strong influence... 27 KB (3,502 words) - 08:47, 18 March 2024 |
Dolomite (mineral) (redirect from Calcium magnesium carbonate) anhydrous carbonate mineral composed of calcium magnesium carbonate, ideally CaMg(CO3)2. The term is also used for a sedimentary carbonate rock composed... 17 KB (1,724 words) - 18:50, 29 April 2024 |
Calcium carbonate is a chemical compound with the chemical formula CaCO3. It is a common substance found in rocks as the minerals calcite and aragonite... 78 KB (7,435 words) - 19:01, 31 March 2024 |
Magnesium carbonate, MgCO3 (archaic name magnesia alba), is an inorganic salt that is a colourless or white solid. Several hydrated and basic forms of... 15 KB (1,171 words) - 16:12, 10 December 2023 |
mud-supported carbonate rock that contains greater than 10% grains. Most recently, this definition has been clarified as a carbonate-dominated rock in which... 3 KB (322 words) - 23:08, 8 June 2023 |
Mudstone (redirect from Carbonate mudstone) mudstone is also used to describe carbonate rocks (limestone or dolomite) that are composed predominantly of carbonate mud. However, in most contexts, the... 12 KB (1,219 words) - 16:51, 25 April 2024 |
Shale (redirect from Shale (sedimentary rock)) accumulate. The absence of carbonate rock in shale beds reflects the absence of organisms that might have secreted carbonate skeletons, also likely due... 21 KB (2,556 words) - 16:04, 18 April 2024 |
type of carbonate rock in the Dunham classification. In the original classification by Dunham (1962), boundstones are defined as "carbonate rocks showing... 3 KB (320 words) - 22:38, 26 January 2024 |
Folk classification (redirect from Folk's carbonate classification) then normalize all the sedimentary rock fragments to 100% and attempt to find the relative abundances of carbonate rock fragments (CRFs), chert fragments... 11 KB (1,411 words) - 13:40, 30 June 2023 |
Marble (redirect from Marble (rock)) Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)) that have recrystallized under the... 32 KB (3,011 words) - 17:02, 19 April 2024 |
that consists of either amphibole-chlorite-carbonate-talc rock, talc-carbonate rock, or simply talc rock and is sold in the form of sawn slabs. "Ground... 24 KB (2,676 words) - 18:39, 24 April 2024 |
refer to: Dolomite (mineral), a carbonate mineral Dolomite (rock), also known as dolostone, a sedimentary carbonate rock Dolomite, Alabama, United States... 1 KB (183 words) - 07:46, 8 December 2023 |
Dolomites, also known as the "Pale Mountains", take their name from the carbonate rock dolomite. This was named after the 18th-century French mineralogist... 21 KB (1,298 words) - 20:32, 4 May 2024 |
(2,944 m) NAVD 88. The northwest face of the mountain is a massive carbonate rock (limestone and dolomite) cliff with 2,200 feet (670 m) of vertical rise... 6 KB (612 words) - 20:44, 17 March 2024 |
Polymetallic replacement deposit (redirect from Carbonate replacement deposit) metallic minerals formed by the replacement of sedimentary, usually carbonate rock, by metal-bearing solutions in the vicinity of igneous intrusions. When... 8 KB (1,000 words) - 07:32, 17 February 2024 |
downstream. Angular network caves form from intersecting fissures of carbonate rock that have had fractures widened by chemical erosion. These fractures... 35 KB (4,106 words) - 16:44, 15 April 2024 |