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No. The fragments in mudtsone are microscopic if not submicroscopic.

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How would you distinguish a sample of peat from a sample of mudstone that contains fossil plant fragments?

Peat would remain largely unconsolidated. Mudstone is a rock.


How would you distinguish peat from mudstone with fossil plant fragments?

Peat once dried becomes very easy to burn while mudstone once dries turns to a hard stone and is not flammable even with plant fragments in it. Also peat tends to have layers to its formation while mudstone is very random in its formation.


How would you distinguish a sample of calcarenite from a sample of mudstone with fossil shells?

Calcarenite has sandsized shell fragments and sometimes a few larger whole fossil shells. Mudstone is mostly comprised of silt or clay and may or maynot contain fossils, the mudstone will break, fissil, or crumble.


What is hard mudstone?

Mudstone is hard when its place in the sun


Is mudstone igneous or sedimentary?

Mudstone is sedimentary


Is mudstone a rock or a mineral?

Mudstone is a clasitc sedimentary rock.


What type of a rock is mudstone?

Mudstone is a clastic sedimentary rock.


How is mudstone made?

Mudstone is a mudrock. It is made of clay minerals and other very small pieces of rock. Mudstone is sedimentary.


Which rock has the smallest particles mudstone or conglomerate?

mudstone has smaller particles :D


Does mudstone contain crystals?

Yes, however, those crystals are extremely small; some too small to be seen even by a microscope.


Sedimentary rock also known as mudstone?

No. Mudstone is sedimentary rock, but not all sedimentary rock is mudstone. Sandstone and limestone are other common varities of sedimentary rock.


Is mudstone a Metamorphic rock?

Mudstone is the fine grained sedimentary rock that were clays or muds originally.