Sandstone, siltstone, and conglomerate sometimes have calcite cement that will produce a vigorous fizz with cold hydrochloric acid. Some conglomerates and breccias contain clasts of carbonate rocks or minerals that react with acid. ...Don't allow an acid fizz to guide the identification process. ...
aUpon entering the ocean, a portion of CO2 reacts with water to form carbonic acid, a weak acid; the other portion stays in dissolved form. Some fraction of the acid will then release hydrogen ions into solution, yielding either bicarbonate or carbonate ions, while a smaller fraction will ...
I’m just breaking ground on some Meadows that used to be old growth redwood and Fir forest, about 150 years ago, decomposed sandstone/clay soils, and slightly acid , the well water too(6.4). This blog has changed my plan to add humic acid/leonardite solutions and even bio char. Also ...