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Chalk is a soft, white, porous rock made of calcite that formed from the accumulated shells and hard parts of tiny sea creatures compressed over millions of years. It is commonly found in Western Europe, where it creates distinctive white cliffs, such as the famous Dover cliffs in England, where it meets the sea.
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- Rock.name
- Chalk
- Rock.type
- Sedimentary
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- Beachy Head is a part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation.
- Rock.composition
- Calcite (calcium carbonate)
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- Instance of
- sedimentary rock
- Subclass of
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- Chalk (25800474082).jpg
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- Pauly–Wissowa
- 2022 Harmonized System Code
- 250900
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002054
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Als Kreide (von lateinisch [terra] creta „gesiebte Erde“, von cernere „sichten“) werden sehr feinkörnige, meist weiße oder hellgraue Kalksteine bezeichnet, die hauptsächlich in der oberen Kreidezeit entstanden sind. Eine besonders weiche und hochporöse Variante, die mit dem Messer geschnitten werden kann, wird als Schreibkreide bezeichnet.
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