Concept: limestone in the concept vocabulary

Concept URI	http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/4823
Preferred label	limestone
Definition	A sedimentary rock consisting chiefly of calcium carbonate, primarily in the form of the mineral calcite and with or without magnesium carbonate. Limestones are formed by either organic or inorganic processes, and may be detrital, chemical, oolitic, earthy, crystalline, or recrystallized; many are highly fossiliferous and clearly represent ancient shell banks or coral reefs.
Notation
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-12-05
Accepted Date	2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	7298 (rock) in gemet2/concept
Is related to	5529 (natural stone) in gemet2/concept
Has exact match	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_4342
Has close match	http://data.uba.de/umt/_00029834 http://dbpedia.org/resource/Limestone
Source	BJGEO (Glossary of Geology - Third Edition) in gemet2/source