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Sedimentary Rocks

There are three classes of sedimentary rocks.

CLASTIC rocks are the deposited eroded remains of earlier rocks
CHEMICAL rocks are formed from precipitation out of solution
ORGANIC rocks are formed from the deposited remains of living material

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TYPE SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTICS
CLASTIC Conglomerate Cemented - large, rounded
Brecchia Cemented - coarse, angular
Gritstone Coarse
Sandstone Medium
Greensand Contains glauconite
Greywacke Deep ocean sediments
Siltstone Fine - high quartz content
Loess Fine - angular particles
Marl Fine - silt or clay with limestone cement
Shale Very fine - dense clay layered with detritus
Mudstone Very fine - clay cemented with iron or calcite
Clay Very fine - absorbent
CHEMICAL Limestone Calcium carbonate
Chalk Calcium carbonate, soft, microfossils
Tufa Calcium carbonate - formed in fresh water
Dolomite Calcium and magnesium carbonate
Ironstone Limestone or chert - high iron content - often Pre-Cambrian
Chert and Flint Chalk or limestone containing nodules of hard silicatious material
ORGANIC Peat Plant material
Lignite Carbonaceous - soft
Coal Carbonaceous - hard
Jet Carbonaceous
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