Sedimentary Rocks Flashcards by Tamara Lazarevic | Brainscape

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Quartz sandstone

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Sand grain of quartz
White rusty brown

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Conglomerate

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Made of pebbles

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Limestone

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Calcite
Bubbles in acid

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Shale

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Fissile
Black grey red green

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Dolostone

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Lesser reaction with acid
Crystalline
Light grey

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Chert

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Microcrystalline quartz
Conchoidal fracture

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Coal

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Black brown
Non crystalline

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Mudstone

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Not fissile
Black gre red green

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Sandstone

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Sand

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Oolite

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Limestone
Sand size spears

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Breccia

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Angular particles

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Rock gypsum

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White light grey
Crystalline

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Clastic

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Clasts bound together

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Bioclastic

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Abundant fossils or fossil frag

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Crystalline

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Interlocking crystals

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Fissile

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Splits into sheets