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Oil, gas and diamonds are valuable natural products of carbon/carbonates.

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Q: Why are geologist interested in the percentage of carbonate in certain rocks and minerals?
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Hydrochloric acid reacts with carbonate containing minerals (such as limestone) to release carbon dioxide (makes it fizz). By hand lens, I am assuming that you mean a magnifying glass. This would be important to view the details of the crystalline form of various rocks and minerals (I am not a geologist, though, so I am guessing here).