Limescale. This thick crust of limescale has been removed from the side of a water treatment reactor. It consists mostly of calcium carbonate (calcite

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Limescale. This thick crust of limescale has been removed from the side of a water treatment reactor. It consists mostly of calcium carbonate (calcite) salt that precipitates out of water when it is heated. This sample measures 340 millimetres across.

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Keywords: calcite, calcium, carbonate, crust, crusted, crystal, crystals, earth, geological, geology, limescale, mineral, mineralogy, precipitate, salt, salts, scale, scaled, science, treatment, water