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Sedimentary rock
Clastic rock
A composed principally of broken fragments that are derived from preexisting rocks or minerals and that have been transported some distance from their place of origin.
Subtopics
Coarse-grained mixed clastic rock
Conglomerate
Fine-grained mixed clastic rock
Medium-grained mixed clastic rock
Mudstone
Olistostrome
Sandstone
Sedimentary breccia
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