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Sedimentary rock

Dolostone

Carbonate rock made of the mineral dolomite, CaMg(CO₃)₂, formed by dolomitization of limestone by magnesium-rich fluids. It reacts only feebly with dilute HCl.

More photos and thin sections

Alex Strekeisen: Dolomitization

Other sedimentary rocks

Conglomerate and breccia · Quartz arenite · Arkose · Lithic arenite · Wacke (greywacke) · Mudrocks: shale, mudstone, siltstone, claystone · Limestone · Chalk · Coquina · Oolite · Travertine and tufa · Chert · Diatomite · Radiolarite · Evaporites: rock salt and gypsum · Banded iron formation · Coal: peat to anthracite · Oil shale

Sources

Panchuk, Physical Geology 9.2: Chemical and Biochemical Sedimentary Rocks · Wikipedia: Limestone