Limestone often contains variable amounts of silica in the form of chert (aka chalcedony, flint, jasper, etc.) or siliceous skeletal fragment (sponge spicules, diatoms, radiolarians), as well as varying amounts of clay, silt and sand sized terrestrial detritus carried in by rivers. The primary source of the calcite in limestone is most commonly marine organisms. These organisms secrete shells made of aragonite or calcite and leave these shells behind after the organism dies. Some of these organisms can construct mounds of rock known as reefs, building upon past generations. Below about 3,000 meters, water pressure and temperature causes the dissolution of calcite to increase non-linearly so that limestone typically does not form in deeper waters (see lysocline). Secondary calcite may also be deposited by supersaturated meteoric waters (groundwater that precipitates the material in caves). This produces speleothems such as stalagmites and stalactites. Another form taken by calcite is that of oolites (oolitic limestone) which can be recognized by its granular appearance.
Limestone Mining Equipment
Limestone mining equipments are used widely in limestone crushing industry. Many limestone crushing plant includes limestone crusher and limestone mill or other related limestone crushing equipments. Limestone mining has important position in modern construction and road building industry because limestone is the most widely used stone or rock. Shenbang is a professional limestone mining equipments supplier and can supply you many limestone mining machines such as limestone mining crusher, limestone mining mill, limestone mining feeder and so on.
Limestone jaw crusher is the widely used primary limestone crusher machine, it is mainly used in primary crushing process. Fixed jaw plate, and movable jaw plate are wearable parts. Different jaw crushers have different output, the usual capacity is 1-5 t/p, 30-50tph, 50-80tph, 80-120tph, 120-200tph, 200-300tph, 300-400tph, 400-500tph.
Limestone crusher is also common stone crushing machine used in limestone quarry. It has the functions of crushing and shaping, can make very good cubic shape. The stone materials are mainly used for road, highway, water conservancy, airport, civil construction etc. The market prices of stones made by impact crusher is higher than that by fineness jaw crusher or compound cone crusher; the quick wear parts cost of impact crusher is also high for high hardness stones.
Limestone mobile crusher is the complete crushing unit, includes feeding, crushing, screening process. for example, limestone mobile jaw crusher includes vibrating feeder, primary jaw crusher, vibrating screen, and belt conveyor. There are other models, such as limestone mobile impact crusher, limestone mobile cone crusher, crawler type mobile crusher.
