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6.2 flash cards
vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Clastic | Broken, rocks that are further classified according to their particles |
| Coarse grained rocks | Sized rock and mineral fragments |
| Conglomerate | rocks that have rounded,, gravel sized particles |
| Breccia | composed of angular, gravel sized particles |
| Porosity | The percentage of open spaces between grains in a rock |
| fine grained rocks | Sedimentary rocks consisting of silt and clay sized particles |
| evaporites | Layers of chemical sedimentary rocks |
| biochemical sedimentary rocks | Formed from the remains of once living organisms |