Carbonate
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Carbonates are sedimentary rocks composed of calcite (or occasionally aragonite), CaCO3, and dolomite,CaMg(CO3)2. These rocks are called limestone and dolomite (formerly dolostone) respectively. When metamorphosed these become marble.
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