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Question
Distinguish between the following: Calcarious and Carbonacious rocks.
Solution
| Calcarious rocks | Carbonacious rocks |
| The sedimentary rocks formed by the deposition of shells, skeletons of sea organism as corals, clams and oysters etc. are called calcarious rocks due to excess of calcium. | The sedimentary rocks formed by the deposition of large scale vegetation and animals etc. are called carbonacious rocks due to the excess of carbon. |
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