Glossary:Calcium Carbonate

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Calcium carbonate
Common earth surface compound (CaCO3) precipitated in marine situations and in soils and sediments. It is also widely utilised by animals to form shell, and thus ends up as a major component of chalk and other limestones.

Related words: Calcrete, Chalk, Dolomite, Limestone

Source
English Heritage (2004) Geoarchaeology: Using earth sciences to understand the archaeological record. UK: English Heritage Publishing.

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