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Sedimentary Rock Identification Guide

The document describes different types of sedimentary rocks including their texture, mode of origin, composition, and classification. It provides details on bituminous coal, conglomerate, argillaceous sandstone, dolomitic limestone, and lime shellstone - identifying each as a clastic rock formed through mechanical or bioclastic processes and composed of materials like plant matter, quartz, feldspar, clay, silt, sand, shells, and carbonates.

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Sedimentary Rock Identification Guide

The document describes different types of sedimentary rocks including their texture, mode of origin, composition, and classification. It provides details on bituminous coal, conglomerate, argillaceous sandstone, dolomitic limestone, and lime shellstone - identifying each as a clastic rock formed through mechanical or bioclastic processes and composed of materials like plant matter, quartz, feldspar, clay, silt, sand, shells, and carbonates.

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TABLE 1.2.

2 IDENTIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCK

ROCK NAME TEXTURE MODE OF COMPOSITION CLASSIFICATION SKETCH


ORIGIN OF ROCK

Bituminous Coal - Classtic Mechanical or Altered plant Clastic Rock


- Coarse grained Bioclastic material

Conglomerate - Classtic Mechanical or Quartz and feldspar Clastic Rock


- Coarse grained Bioclastic Clayey, silty, sandy,
Ferruginous
Not common
Argillaceous - Classtic Mechanical or Quartz Clayey, silty, Clastic Rock
Sandstone - Medium grained Bioclastic sandy, Ferruginous
Siliceous,
ferruginous
calcareous
Dolomitic Limestone - Classtic Mechanical or Shell Clayey, silty, Clastic Rock
- Fine-grained Bioclastic sandy, Calcareous,
carbonaceous and
phospatic

Lime Shellstone - Classtic Mechanical or Shell Clayey, silty, Clastic Rock


- Medium grained Bioclastic sandy, Calcareous,
carbonaceous and
phospatic
SEDIMENTARY CLASSIFICATION CHART

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