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Sedimentary rock is composed of minerals. The minerals may be in the form of particles of other rocks that are made of minerals themselves, as well as the minerals of the cementing material that holds those particles together. In certain cases, the minerals have formed as a result of the evaporation of or precipitation from saturated solutions containing the components of minerals. Sedimentary rocks can contain visible crystals as well as crystals that are not visible without the aid of magnification.

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What are sedimentary rock crystals?

In general, sedimentary rock crystals would be crystals that are found in sedimentary rocks. Normally they are calcite or quartz as they are the minerals most likely to cement sediments to form sedimentary rocks. There is a group of sedimentary rocks called evaporites that include crystals of salt, gypsum, sylvite, glauberite, thenardite, mirabilite and a few others. However, there is a tremendous variety of other minerals that can produce crystals in sedimentary rocks. Geodes from Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky can have crystals of barite, millerite, sphalerite, galena, fluorite, and aragonite. In other areas of the planet crystals of azurite and malachite can be found in sedimentary rocks. There are many, many other types of crystals that have been found in sedimentary rocks.


Does conglomerate have any crystals?

Well, Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock and sedimentary rocks are not crystalline in nature, but they do consist of mineral crystals such as Quartz.


Are sedimentary rocks formed because of water evaporating and leaving crystals behind?

Some sedimentary rock is formed this way; chemical sedimentary rock formed from evaporites, like rock salt, and rock gypsum.


Could you tell me stuff about the rock Geode?

Geodes are rock cavities with internal crystal formations, usually made of quartz crystals. Some geodes are completely solid because they are filled with crystals. These are called "nodules". Geodes can form in gas bubbles in igneous rock, or in rounded cavities in sedimentary rock. Most geodes contain clear or white quartz crystals, but purple amethyst crystals are also common.


Is shale a volcanic rock with small crystals made when lava cools?

No, shale is a sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of clay, silt, or mud particles that have been compacted over time. It is not formed from volcanic activity like lava. Shale typically has very fine-grained particles, not crystals.

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What is rock made of bits of sedimentary material that was compacted in layers?

A rock is amineral


What type of sedimentary rock forms when crystals grow out of solution?

These minerals are called evaporites.


What are sedimentary rock crystals?

In general, sedimentary rock crystals would be crystals that are found in sedimentary rocks. Normally they are calcite or quartz as they are the minerals most likely to cement sediments to form sedimentary rocks. There is a group of sedimentary rocks called evaporites that include crystals of salt, gypsum, sylvite, glauberite, thenardite, mirabilite and a few others. However, there is a tremendous variety of other minerals that can produce crystals in sedimentary rocks. Geodes from Indiana, Illinois, and Kentucky can have crystals of barite, millerite, sphalerite, galena, fluorite, and aragonite. In other areas of the planet crystals of azurite and malachite can be found in sedimentary rocks. There are many, many other types of crystals that have been found in sedimentary rocks.


Does conglomerate have any crystals?

Well, Conglomerate is a sedimentary rock and sedimentary rocks are not crystalline in nature, but they do consist of mineral crystals such as Quartz.


Does a rock have a Crystal in it?

yes it does. Even a igneous rock and a sedimentary rock and a metamorphic rock all have crystals in them.


Are sedimentary rocks formed because of water evaporating and leaving crystals behind?

Some sedimentary rock is formed this way; chemical sedimentary rock formed from evaporites, like rock salt, and rock gypsum.


What kind of rock is made of sedimentary rock?

The answer is organic sedimentary rock.


What sedimentary rock is made from hailte?

the chemical sedimentary rock, rock salt


Could you tell me stuff about the rock Geode?

Geodes are rock cavities with internal crystal formations, usually made of quartz crystals. Some geodes are completely solid because they are filled with crystals. These are called "nodules". Geodes can form in gas bubbles in igneous rock, or in rounded cavities in sedimentary rock. Most geodes contain clear or white quartz crystals, but purple amethyst crystals are also common.


Is shale a volcanic rock with small crystals made when lava cools?

No, shale is a sedimentary rock formed from the accumulation of clay, silt, or mud particles that have been compacted over time. It is not formed from volcanic activity like lava. Shale typically has very fine-grained particles, not crystals.


How is the sugar cube look like a sedimentary rock?

A sugar cube looks like a sedimentary rock because, it has small and tiny particals such as those tiny crystals you see in a sugar cube. A sedimentary rock on the other hand, is composed of small sediments, like a sugar cube is composed of small particals and crystals.


How is a sugar cube like a sedimentary rock?

A sugar cube looks like a sedimentary rock because, it has small and tiny particals such as those tiny crystals you see in a sugar cube. A sedimentary rock on the other hand, is composed of small sediments, like a sugar cube is composed of small particals and crystals.