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    Sediment is made up of loose pieces of minerals and rock that come in various sizes. The document provides a chart that classifies sediment pieces by grain size, ranging from clay and silt, which are too small to see, to cobbles and boulders, which are too large to fit on a screen. Common sediment types like sand, pebbles, and clay are described using a standard metric system for classifying grain size.

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    Sediment is made up of loose pieces of minerals and rock that come in various sizes. The document provides a chart that classifies sediment pieces by grain size, ranging from clay and silt, which are too small to see, to cobbles and boulders, which are too large to fit on a screen. Common sediment types like sand, pebbles, and clay are described using a standard metric system for classifying grain size.

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    Sediment is made up of loose pieces of minerals and rock that come in various sizes. The document provides a chart that classifies sediment pieces by grain size, ranging from clay and silt, which are too small to see, to cobbles and boulders, which are too large to fit on a screen. Common sediment types like sand, pebbles, and clay are described using a standard metric system for classifying grain size.

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    Sediment Page 1

    Sediment
    Sediment is the word geologists use for
    loose pieces of minerals and rock. Of
    course, pieces of rock come in all sizes so
    we have developed a way to classify them.
    The chart on the left shows we use for each
    grain size. Most of the names are ones you
    already use; sand, boulders, and clay, for
    example. The illustrations of sand and
    pebbles are shown at their actual sizes.
    Unfortunately silt and clay are smaller than
    a single pixel on your computer screen, so
    they don't show up well here! Cobbles and boulders are another problem - they
    are too big to fit on your screen!

    Metric system chart

    mhtml:file://D:\Geology%20files\Sediment.mht 3/23/2007

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