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sedimentary rock consisting of sand of quartz grains cemented together.
sandstone
rocks composed predominantly of broken pieces or clasts of older weathered and eroded rocks.
clastic sedimentary rock
a constituent fragment of a clastic rock.
clasts
a precipitation of minerals of water.
chemical sedimentary rock
contains significant amounts.
organic sedimentary rock
the remains of a prehistoric organism preserved in petrified form.
fossils
a hard stony substance by certain marine.
coral
a ridge of jagged rock.
reefs
a combustible dark brown rock
coal
a
fossiliferous limestone
a
ripple marks
sedimentary structures formed as muddy sediment.
mud cracks
a
strata
is a system of layers.
stratification
matter that settles to the to the bottom.
sediment