Category: Stone Tiles - Limestone Tiles Medium Price
Location: Iran 1250 Views
Material Type: Limestone 117 Likes
Main Color: Grey
Surface Finish: Sandblasted
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Reference Price: US$ / M2
Shipping Port: mersin
Minimum Order: 22 Ton
Payment Terms: T/T
Packing Details: wooden crate
Delivery Ability: 500 MT
Some limestones can form by direct precipitation of calcium carbonate from marine or fresh water. Limestones formed this way are chemical sedimentary rocks. They are thought to be less abundant than biological limestones.
Today Earth has many limestone-forming environments. Most of them are found in shallow water areas between 30 degrees north latitude and 30 degrees south latitude. Limestone is forming in the Caribbean Sea, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, around Pacific Ocean islands, and within the Indonesian archipelago.
One of these areas is the Bahamas Platform, located in the Atlantic Ocean about 100 miles southeast of southern Florida (see satellite image). There, abundant corals, shellfish, algae, and other organisms produce vast amounts of calcium carbonate skeletal debris that completely blankets the platform. This is producing an extensive limestone deposit.