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This document provides information about various rock types, including their composition, textures, and names. It also explains lithification and the processes involved in the formation of different rocks. The document is likely for educational purposes.
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Peridotite Pumice Lithification is the subsequent proc...
Peridotite Pumice Lithification is the subsequent process that turns sediment into rock. Conglomerate Breccia Sandstone Siltstone Shale Texture (grain size) Sediment name Rock name gravel (rounded conglomerate coarse (over fragments) 2 mm) gravel (angular breccia fragments) medium sandstone sand silt (1/16 to 2 mm) fine (1/16 to 1/256 mm) siltstone very fine clay shale (less than 1/256 mm) CompositioTexture (grain size) Rock Name n quartz chert (light color) very fine crystalline flint (dark color) dine tocoarse gypsum rock gypsum crystalline fine to coarse halite rock salt crystalline altered plant fine-grained organic bituminous coal fragments matter Rock salt Limestone Coal Breccia Conglomerate Sandstone Siltstone Chert Shale Coal Rocksalt Gypsum Fossil Limestone Coquina Oolithic Limestone Chalk Limestone Micrite Limestone Dolomite Types of Metamorphism Types of Metamorphism Types of Metamorphism Metamorphic Continuum Uses of Common Metamorphic Rocks
