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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 88. Chapters: Calcium carbonate, Portland cement, Chalk, Marble, Calcite, Calcium oxide, Dolomite, Marl, Tennessee marble, Portland stone, Burgsvik beds, Speleothem, Travertine, Lithographic Limestone, Caliche, Meleke, Pamukkale, Tufa, Carbonate hardgrounds, Hamilton Group, Crushed Edwards Limestone Road Base, Calcite sea, Jerusalem stone, Carboniferous limestone, Stylolite, Ashford Black Marble, Aragonite sea, Indiana Limestone, Keyser Formation, Wills Creek Formation, Rai stones, Kope Formation, Beer Quarry Caves, Conococheague Formation, Petoskey stone, Solnhofen Plattenkalk, Mushroom stones, Hamstone, Columbus Limestone, Limescale, Clinton Group, Noir Belge, Badab-e Surt, Totternhoe Stone, Purbeck Marble, Pressure solution, Kittatinny Formation, Clinker, North Dock Tufa, Coquina, Blisworth Limestone, Warrior Formation, Headington stone, Liquid chalk, Eolianite, List of types of limestone, Caen stone, Old Port Formation, Kilkenny Marble, Oamaru stone, Tonoloway Formation, Limestone pavement, Istrian stone, Clunch, Rouge de Rance, Dolostone, Comblanchien, Kieselkalk, Ancaster stone, Coral sand, Dunkard Group, Kota Stone, Cave pearl, Lincolnshire limestone, Beer stone, Greenbrier Limestone, Pelagosite, Cotswold stone, Anamosa Limestone, Griotte, Portland Admiralty Roach, Belgian marble, Micrite, Charlestown limestone, Noir de Golzinne, Coral rag, Noir de Mazy, Rouge Belge, Shelly limestone, Pierre de Jaumont, Nimbahera stone, Ketton stone, Portland Independent Top Whitbed, Galala Marble, Portoro Buono, Blackrock, Magnesian limestone. Excerpt: Portland cement (often referred to as OPC, from Ordinary Portland Cement) is the most common type of cement in general use around the world because it is a basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, stucco and most non-specialty grout. It is a fine powder produced by grinding Portland cement cli...
