Sedimentary Rock Des
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each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| Conglomerate | Type: Detrital
Texture: Clastic
Grain Size: Gravel, Coarse, >2mm
Grain Shape: Rounded
Depositional Environment: Alluvial fans, river beds
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| Breccia | Type: Detrital
Texture: Clastic
Grain Size: Gravel, Coarse, >2mm
Grain Shape: Angular
Depositional Environment: Base of slopes
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| Quartz Sandstone | Type: Detrital
Texture: Clastic
Grain Size: Sand, Medium, (1/16-2)mm
Grain Shape: Sub-rounded to rounded
Depositional Environment: Rivers, shorelines, lake shores, alluvial fans, deserts, tidal bars, tidal flats, deltas, shallow marine
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| Oolitic Limestone | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Clastic
Mineral Composition: Calcite
Depositional Environment: coastline, tidal bars, shallow marine
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| Jasper (red colored) | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Fine-grained silica
Depositional Environment: Abyssal plain
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| Flint (dark colored) | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Fine-grained silica
Depositional Environment: Abyssal plain
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| Chert (light colored) | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Fine-grained silica
Depositional Environment: Abyssal plain
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| Dolomite | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Dolomite
Depositional Environment: Shallow marine, lagoons
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| Gypsum | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Gypsum
Depositional Environment: Lagoons, deserts
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| Chalk | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Clastic
Mineral Composition: Calcite
Depositional Environment: Deep marine
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| Travertine | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Calcite
Depositional Environment: Caves, hot springs
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| Rock Salt | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Lagoons, deserts
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| Fossiliferous Limestone | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Clastic
Mineral Composition: Calcite
Depositional Environment: coastline, tidal bars, shallow marine
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| Micrite | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Crystalline
Mineral Composition: Calcite
Depositional Environment: deep marine
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| Shale | Type: Detrital
Texture: Clastic
Grain Size: Clay, very fine, (<1/256)mm
Grain Shape: angular to sub-angular to sub-rounded
Depositional Environment: Lakes, swamps, coastline, tidal flats, lagoons, deltas, shallow marine, deep marine, abyssal plain
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| Coquina | Type: Chemical precipitate
Texture: Clastic
Mineral Composition: Calcite
Depositional Environment: Coastline
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| Coal | Type: Organic
Texture: Clastic
Mineral Composition: Compressed organic matter
Grain Shape: N/A
Depositional Environment: Low oxygen swamps or bogs
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| Siltstone | Type: Detrital
Texture: Clastic
Grain Size: Silt, Fine, (1/16-1/256)mm
Grain Shape: Angular to sub-angular
Depositional Environment: River floodplains, tidal flats, deltas
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| Arkose | Type: Detrital
Texture: Clastic
Grain Size: Sand, Medium, (1/16-2)mm
Grain Shape: Sub-angular to sub-rounded
Depositional Environment: Alluvial fans, rivers near granite outcrops
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