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How diatomaceous earth is formed?
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The siliceous frustules of diatoms do not decay easily. They pile up at the bottom of water reservoirs and form big heaps called diatomite or diatomaceous earth. It may extend for several hundred meters in certain areas from where it can be mined.
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