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Sedimentary Rock Identification Chart

This document provides a chart that identifies different types of sedimentary rocks based on their texture, grain size, composition, and name. It separates sedimentary rocks into three main categories - clastic rocks formed from fragments of pre-existing rocks, chemical rocks formed by precipitation from solution, and biologic rocks formed from organic remains. Within each category it lists specific rock types defined by their grain size, mineral composition, and origin.

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Sedimentary Rock Identification Chart

This document provides a chart that identifies different types of sedimentary rocks based on their texture, grain size, composition, and name. It separates sedimentary rocks into three main categories - clastic rocks formed from fragments of pre-existing rocks, chemical rocks formed by precipitation from solution, and biologic rocks formed from organic remains. Within each category it lists specific rock types defined by their grain size, mineral composition, and origin.

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Sedimentary Rock Identification Chart

TEXTURE

GRAIN SIZE

COMPOSITION

ROCK NAME

Clastic

>2 mm
>2 mm
1/16 - 2 mm
>1/16 mm

rounded quartz, feldspar and rock fragments


angular quartz, feldspar and rock fragments
quartz, feldspar
feldspar, quartz

<1/16 mm

quartz, clay minerals

<1/256 mm

quartz, clay minerals

Conglomerate
Breccia
Sandstone
Arkose
Siltstone
(Mudstone, Shale)
Claystone

Chemical

silica (quartz)
dolomite
calcite
halite
gypsum

Chert
Dolostone
Limestone
Rock Salt
Rock Gypsum

Biologic

silica (quartz)
loosely compacted organic material and plant fragments
densely compacted organic material and plant fragments
calcite
calcite, micro-skeletal fragments
calcite, almost entirely shell and skeletal fragments
calcite with some shell and skeletal fragments
dolomite with some shell and skeletal fragments

Chert
Peat
Bituminous Coal
Limestone
Chalk
Coquina
Fossiliferous Limestone
Fossiliferous Dolostone

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