What's the difference between the composition of limestone and dolomite and how does dolomite form?

-- jaime schulz (jaime8981@hotmail.com), May 04, 2001

Answers

Limestone and dolomite (also called dolostone) are chemical sedimentary rocks, meaning that they form from minerals that precipitate out of water rather than forming from pieces of sediment (clastic sedimentary rocks). The main difference between them is that limestone is made out of calcite and dolomite is made out of dolomite. (see the sedimentary rocks notes).

-- Angelique Chambers (achambe1@oswego.edu), May 04, 2001.