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    GY 111 Sedimentary Rocks Identification Key

    # of Sedimentary Rock Name Class of Sed. Minerals\environment of deposition


    specimen Rock etc.
    s
    1 Breccia
    2 Breccia
    3 Conglomerate
    4 Conglomerate
    5 Quartz arenite
    6 Arkose Siliciclastic
    7 Greywacke
    8 Quartz Arenite
    9 Lithic sandstone
    10 Siltstone
    11 Shale (black)
    12 Shale (red)
    13 Shale (green)
    14 Fossiliferous Limestone
    15 Fossiliferous Limestone (coquina)
    16 Chalk Biochemical
    17 Glauconitic limestone
    18 Dolostone (dolomite)
    19 Oolite (oolitic limestone)
    20 Chert
    21 Chert (petrified wood) Chemical
    22 Chert (fossiliferous)
    23 Evaporite (gypsum)
    24 Travertine (calcite)
    25 Evaporite (halite)
    26 Evaporite (sylvite)
    27 Dolostone (dolomite)
    28 Travertine (calcite)
    29 Limonite
    30 Hematite
    31 Bauxite
    32 Mudstone Siliciclastic
    33 Peat
    34 Lignite
    35 Bituminous Coal Organic
    36 Anthracite
    37 Amber

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