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Which of the following rocks would most likely contain a fossil?

A.)marble
B.)basalt
C.) granite
D.)limestone

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the most likely to contain a fossil would have to be limestone
User Rahul Shrivastava
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D) Limestone

Limestone is made up of layers of ocean biomass that has died, that has then been crushed under the pressure of the ocean. Therefore, limestone is much more likely to contain fossils of organisms (such as corals and crustaceans) than any of the other rocks
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