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Mindat Short Description

A sand-grade clastic-sedimentary-rock. Note the majority of sandstone can be classed as silicate-sandstone.

A medium-grained clastic sedimentary rock composed of fragments of sand size (0.1-2mm diameter) set in a fine-grained matrix (silt or clay) a...

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-A sand-grade clastic-sedimentary-rock
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+A sand-grade clastic-sedimentary-rock. Note the majority of sandstone can be classed as silicate-sandstone.
-Clastic sedimentary rock in which less than 30 percent of particles are greater than 2 mm in diameter (gravel) and the sand to mud ratio is at least 1.
-Note this category is equivalent to cagetory labeled 'sandy rock' in SLTTs (2004), not to the much more restricted category labeled 'Sandstone' in that system.
+A medium-grained clastic sedimentary rock composed of fragments of sand size (0.1-2mm diameter) set in a fine-grained matrix (silt or clay) a...