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How do I recognize limestone?

Sedimentary Rock Identification II

If a rock seems to be made of layers of crystals that effervese or fizz when you carefully drop acid on them, it is a sedimentary rock (limestone).

If you have to scratch the rock first before dropping acid causes it to fizz, that's still a sedimentary rock (dolostone).

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