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What type of sedimentary rock contains rounded fragments and is made up of mainly pebbles, cobbles, and/or boulders embedded in sand, silt, and/or clay?
Conglomerate
Which sedimentary rock consists of sand-sized grains (0.006 to 0.2 cm) and may contain feldspar, quartz, and clay minerals?
Sandstone
What type of sedimentary rock has a fine crystalline to coarse texture and is composed of gypsum crystals?
Rock gypsum
Which sedimentary rock may contain microscopic to very coarse calcite grains and is formed from biologic origin or cemented shell fragments?
Limestone
What type of sedimentary rock is compacted and may split easily, consisting of less than 0.0004 cm grains?
Shale
Test your knowledge on the texture, grain size, composition, and characteristics of inorganic land-derived sedimentary rocks such as Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone, Siltstone, and Shale. Match the descriptions with the correct rock names.
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