Caliche is a calcium carbonate mineral used in the manufacture of Portland cement and to make lime for soil stabilization.

The carbonate minerals are then recollected and re-calcined.

Evidence of life Recently, Horgan and her team discovered that carbonate minerals may have formed in Lake Jezero.

With the money from the cows he bought a chair, a table, his first vacuum cleaner, his first fridge, and his first carbonated mineral water.