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Limestone hills, Cotswolds. The Cotswold hills are made of Oolitic limestone, a type of limestone made up of small round grains. These formed in shallow, warm waters like those found today around Florida and parts of the Caribbean Sea, where calcium carbonate is deposited from sea water due to evaporation.
Limestone caverns form when slightly acid groundwater seeping through limestone rocks dissolves a hole in the rocks. Over time the hole increases in size forming caves that are sometimes miles long.ater dripping into the cave evaporates and calcite dissolved in the water precipitates out to form travertine. Stalactites are icicle-like formations that hang from the ceiling in limestone caves. Stalagmite formation. Below the growing stalactite is a stalagmite.