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What are the differences between the Granite,Marble and Limestone?

What are the differences between the Granite,Marble and Limestone?

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Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of calcium carbonate (CaCO3). It may contain considerable amounts of magnesium carbonate (dolomite) as well. Marble is a metamorphic rock resulting from regional or rarely contact metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks, or metamorphism of older marble. The temperatures and pressures necessary to form marble usually destroy any fossils and sedimentary textures present in the original rock. Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. It is usually medium to coarsely crystalline, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass.
granite is igneous rock Marble is metamorphic rock and limestone is sedimentary rock
This are each representative of the three main rock types, Limestone is a sedimentary rock Marble is a metamorphic rock Granite is an igneous rock

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