[[Image:Four of the Seven Sisters.jpg|thumb|200px|Four of the "Seven Sisters" along the [[Sussex]] coast, [[England]]]]
[[Image:Four of the Seven Sisters.jpg|thumb|200px|Four of the "Seven Sisters" along the [[Sussex]] coast, [[England]]]]
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'''Chalk''' is a white, sedimentary rock, composed of calcium carbonate. One of its most dramatic outcrops is along the south coast of [[England]] where it forms the "white cliffs of [[Dover]]" and the Seven Sisters.
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'''Chalk''' is a white, sedimentary rock, composed of [[calcium carbonate]]. One of its most dramatic outcrops is along the south coast of [[England]] where it forms the "white cliffs of [[Dover]]" and the Seven Sisters.
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Nowadays, chalk has been replaced by other substances. For example, the "chalk" that is used in blackboard writing or in sidewalk chalk is actually gypsum.
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Nowadays, chalk has been replaced by other substances. For example, the "chalk" that is used in blackboard writing or in sidewalk chalk is actually [[gypsum]].