Geologists have been very generous in their use of the word breccia.. It is common to hear the term used when referring to a rock or rock debris made up of angular fragments. Although it is mainly used for rocks of sedimentary origin, it can be used for other types of rocks.
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Clastic rocks are composed of fragments, or clasts, of pre-existing minerals and rock. A clast is a fragment of geological detritus, chunks and smaller grains of rock broken off other rocks by physical weathering. Geologists use the term clastic with reference to sedimentary rocks as well as to particles in sediment transport whether in suspension or as bed load, and in sediment deposits.
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Older layers are on the bottom (Theory or. Original Horizontality) Older layers become compressed and. compacted (squished) Dissolved minerals (calcite and quartz) seep through the compacted layers of rock and. minerals and cement them together . . . forming a sedimentary rock!
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Sedimentary rocks are types of rock that are formed by the deposition and subsequent cementation of that material at the Earth's surface and within bodies of water. Sedimentation is the collective name for processes that cause mineral and/or organic particles (detritus) to settle in place.
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Clastic sedimentary rocks are composed of other rock fragments that were cemented by silicate minerals. Clastic rocks are composed largely of quartz, feldspar, rock (lithic) fragments, clay minerals, and mica; any type of mineral may be present, but they in general represent the minerals that exist locally.
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What is Breccia? Breccia is a term most often used for clastic sedimentary rocks that are composed of large angular fragments (over two millimeters in diameter). The spaces between the large angular fragments can be filled with a matrix of smaller particles or a mineral cement that binds the rock together.
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Where do sedimentary rocks come from? Physical weathering (wind, water, ice, sunlight, and gravity) causes rock to break in to. tiny fragments called sediments.
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The cement is derived from silicate, carbonate, iron oxide, and clay minerals which are present in the water between the rock particles. As the water is squeezed out, these mi…nerals form between the rock particles, in essence, tying them together into a new sedimentary rock.
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A: No, not like igneous or metamorphic rock. formation. Strata = layers of rock, differ from one another. depending on the kind, size, and color of their. sediment. Stratification = the process in which sedimentary. rocks are arranged in layers.
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Sedimentary rocks are rocks made out of sediment, which is often other rocks ground down to powder. Metamorphic rocks are sedimentary rocks that have been changed (partially m…elted and hardened) by being exposed to extreme heat and pressure. So, yes.
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what kind of sedimentary rock is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral
Clastic sedimentary rocks are made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral. Clastic sedimentary rocks is made of fragments of rocks cemented together by a mineral.