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What is the name of the cementing chemical that holds the particles in a sedimentary rock together?
The 'cement' in clastic sedimentary rock is most often clay, iron, carbonate, or silicate minerals.
Why do clastic sedimentary rocks generally form underwater?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are generally formed underwater because water provides the necessary medium for the transportation and deposition of sediments. The energy from moving water helps carry and deposit the particles that eventually cement together to form clastic sedimentary rocks. Additionally, underwater environments offer a more stable setting for sediment accumulation compared to terrestrial environments.
They type of sedimentary rock that forms when sediments stick together?
The type of sedimentary rock that forms when sediments stick together is called "clastic sedimentary rock." These rocks are created from the compaction and cementation of loose particles like sand, silt, and clay. Examples include sandstone, shale, and conglomerate.
What ---------mineral is used make cement?
No, Mineral is not used in cement manufacturing.Various materials are used in cement manufacturing.Some of the materials used in cement manufacturing are limestone, clay, gypsum, iron oxide, magnesium, coal dust.what does mineral cement mean
What Sedimentary rock is used in cement?
Limestone is the most common sedimentary rock used in cement production. It is a key ingredient in the production of cement due to its high calcium carbonate content, which reacts with the other raw materials to form the clinker necessary for making cement.
What mineral is used in cement?
Limestone is the primary mineral used in cement production. It is typically made up of calcite or aragonite, and is ground into a fine powder to be mixed with other materials such as clay or shale to form cement.
Is a rock the same thing as cement?
Absolutely. Cement is a mixture of elements that are found in natural materials such as; limestone, clay, sand, and/or shale. Therefore cement is types of rocks, (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary) all together.
Is cement block a Sedimentary rock?
no, it's not a sedimentary rock
What type of rock is a concretion?
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Sediments in sedimentary rocks are often held together by what?
Cement is what binds the siliclastic framework grains together. Cement is a secondary mineral that forms after deposition and during burial of the sandstone. These cementing materials may be either silicate minerals or non-silicate minerals, such as calcite.Silica cement can consist of either quartz or opal minerals. Quartz is the most common silicate mineral that acts as cement. In sandstone where there is silica cement present the quartz grains are attached to cement, this creates a rim around the quartz grain called overgrowth. The overgrowth retains the same crystallographic continuity of quartz framework grain that is being cemented. Opal cement is found in sandstones that are rich in volcanogenic materials, and very rarely is in other sandstones.Calcite cement is the most common carbonate cement. Calcite cement is an assortment of smaller calcite crystals. The cement adheres itself to the framework grains, this adhesion is what causes the framework grains to be adhered together.Other minerals that act as cements include: hematite, limonite, feldpsars, anhydrite, gypsum, barite, clay minerals, and zeolite minerals.
What kind of sedimentary rock is made of fragments of rocks cemented togeather by a mineral?
Clastic sedimentary rock. For a specific clastic rock....It depends on a lot of things. Grain size, sorting, roundness of clasts, and what mineral/how did it turn into cement are but a few. Best bet would be classifying based on grain size:Conglomerate - gravel sized clasts that are rounded. Matrix can range from lithic fragments to a cement of quartz to calcite to hematite etc...Breccia - as above, but clasts are angular.The above are the most likely to be described as containing "fragments of rocks", however for the below the statement is still valid--just not as obvious.Sandstone - smaller sand sized clasts whose cement may or may not be visible. Note that there are many different more specific names of sandstones based on mineralogy and percentage of matrix/cement.Mudstone/siltstone or Shale - silt/clay sized grains that are rarely visible without a hand lens.These are the most common, but there are certainly many, many more that could fit the description in your question. All of the above contain fragments of rocks, cemented by a mineral, just at different stages of weathering! Hopefully that helped!
Why isn't cement a mineral?
No. A rock is an assemblage of at least two different minerals. One mineral can't be two or more minerals.
