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What makes coal's composition different from that of all the other sedimentary rocks?
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∙ 12y ago
Coal is an organic sedimentary rock. It has conchoidal fracture. The composition is so different because coal, depending on age, contains mostly carbon as it is formed from plant cellulose. It is different because it is carbon, as opposed to a common mineral like other sedimentary rocks.
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sedimentary, metamorphic & igneous.
What is the composition of a sedimentary rock?
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What in geology can form from decaying animals?
Sedimentary rock; fossils in sedimentary rock.
Erosion and deposition play roles in the formation of what kind of rock?
Erosion and deposition may eventually result in the formation of sedimentary rock.
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