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What are the environmental impacts of mining limestone?
Why can it be bad for the environment? If limestone mining is not property taken care of, here are a few key things that it can influence: Groundwater Groundwater is vital to both drinking and farming, as well as providing a large source of fresh water for housing,...
Chalk Limestone: More Than Just A Dessicated Form Of Limestone
What Is Chalk? Chalk is limestone composed mostly of calcium carbonate, which comes from microscopic marine organisms known as foraminifera and from the calcareous remains of marine algae known as coccoliths. The most common chalk is white or light gray in color, is...
Caliche: The New Rock From Hell
What Is Caliche? Caliche is a layer of sedimentary rock where the particles have been cemented together by the precipitation of minerals in their interstitial spaces. Miami Limestone has extensive history with this type of rock. The cement is usually made of one or...
Why Limestone Is An Awesome Building Material
Why Limestone Is a Good Building Material Limestone is an interesting material that's definitely strong enough to build with, but it's also soft enough to carve, mold, and shape. This leaves many homeowners wondering, is limestone a good building material? Limestone...
Limestone Aggregates Overview
Can limestone be used as a concrete aggregate? Yes. To make Portland cement —the most common type of cement—(with) powdered limestone is heated in a rotary kiln. It combines with powdered clay as a calcium source to create clinker, which is then crushed with a sulfate...