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What is A sedimentary rock that is made out of small pieces of existing rocks or minerals said to be?
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It is said to be a clastic sedimentary rock.
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What types of minerals are clastic sedimentary rocks made of?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of broken pieces of preexisting rock that are compacted together. The mineral quartz makes up sixty percent of the clastic sedimentary rocks.
How does a sedimentary rock contain pieces of igneous rocks?
Igneous rock pieces can stick together through cementation to form sedimentary rocks.
Is sedimentary rocks formed the same way normal rocks are?
No, because a sedimentary rock is formed from pieces of other rocks.
What minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks and why are these minerals so abundant?
We know silicate minerals are the most abundant in detrital sedimentary rocks.Quartzv is a tectosilicate mineral.So quartz is the most abundant and other silicate minerals are also very common in these rocks.
What is the second group of rocks that forms from sediments or pieces of broken rock called?
sedimentary rocks
How are igneous and sedimentary alike?
Both are composed of minerals. Some sedimentary rocks contain pieces of igneous rocks.
What are detrital sedimentary rocks?
They are rocks formed from pieces of pre-existing rocks or organic debris.
What type of rock is formed from particles or dissolved minerals from previously existing rocks?
The rock described would be a clastic sedimentary rock.
What is a Sedimentary rock?
Sedimentary rocks are formed from pre-existing rocks or pieces of once-living organisms. They form from deposits that accumulate on the Earth's surface. Sedimentary rocks often have distinctive layering or bedding.
Rocks that are formed of pieces of other rocks plant and animal matter or dissolved minerals are called?
Sedimentary rock
Are sedimentary rocks made of pieces of other rocks?
sand grains
What types of minerals are clastic sedimentary rocks made of?
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of broken pieces of preexisting rock that are compacted together. The mineral quartz makes up sixty percent of the clastic sedimentary rocks.
What are rocks produced when pieces of other rocks plant and animals matter or dissolved minerals collect to form layers?
Sedimentary rock.
Rocks produced pieces of other rocks plant and animal matter or dissolved minerals collect to form rock layers are called?
sedimentary rocks
What sedimentary rocks are made of fragments of rocks minerals and shells?
Bioclastic sedimentary rocks.
What class of sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rock minerals and shells?
== == Clastic sedimentary rocks.
The most common minerals in clastic sedimentary rocks are likely?
the most common minerals in clastic sedimentary rocks are likely
