What is so special about the Croatian limestone?
Every country is entitled to fame and Croatia is a country around the world for its unique geography. A significant part of the Croatian landscape consists of limestone, sedimentary rock, which is largely consisting of calcium carbonate (calcite). Croatian limestone is also known as karst , the term used to characterize the infertile landscape platforms of the Earth. The most famous landscape landscape, defined by dry broken plains of the Croatian limestone, is a dinaric krast. Dinaric Karst is an extensive landscape formation that occupies a wide zone of 100 kilometers along the northeast coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Croatia has three main areas lining the rocky coast in this zone: Istria, Dalmatia and the northern coast. Croatian limestone found along this zone is considered a classic karst, which is one of the chalk and Jurassic periods, with an average thickness of 1.24 to 1.86 miles (2-3 km) thick and 0.6 to 1.24 miles (1-2 kilometers (1-2 kilometers (1-2 kilometers (1-2 kilometers (1-2 kilometers (1-2 kilometers)Strong and respectively.
As a sedimentary rock, limestone forms for a long time by layering sediment. Through heat and pressure, free pieces of mud, minerals and shells are compressed, among other things, to a unique conglomerate. The primary source of calcium carbonate in the Croatian limestone is the shells of the marine organisms. Pure limestone appears to be white or whitish color. The rock is easy to cut and carved, making it an ideal material for complicated carving. However, Croatian limestone is also difficult to harvest and therefore considers an expensive market commodity.
In general use, the limestone is found as a catalyst in industrial work, which is used to increase the degree of mortar, plaster and cement. The solid base of the road often contains limestone as an aggregate. Toothpaste and glass can have a limestone sediment, and the limestone is also used in gardening to neutralize too acidic soil.
extensive countyIna Croatia is unique to the country, simply for mere size of formations. The landscape created a unique environment for various flora and geological formations such as rivers, waterfalls and underground caves and caves. While limestone is durable and heavy, it is also porous, so their landscape formations among the best oil tanks in the world.
Croatian limestone also lent its properties of architectural inspiration. Limestone from Croatia has been a major part of many Croatian and European structures for millennia. It was found that the coast and areas such as Istria and the island of Brac have been provided in the past a lot of limestone on the coast and the area like Istria and the island of Brac and continues to do so.
The kind of Croatian limestone called "Istrian Stone" or Kirmenjak was exported to Italy to ignite build of the City of Venice. This hard limestone is often wrong with marble. Kirmenjak is particularly resistant to water, so it is ideal for the base of the city underwater. StThe hard limestone is used to pave the famous Dubrovnik streets on the Dalmatia coast. White House in Washington, D.C. However, because the limestone is partially soluble in acid, compared buildings that contain limestone and found in heavily polluted cities, are susceptible to damage if there is an acid rain.