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    Scheme For Sedimentary Rock Identification: Inorganic Land-Derived Sedimentary Rocks

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    This document provides a scheme for identifying inorganic sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks based on their texture, grain size, composition, and comments. For sedimentary rocks, it identifies the rock names and map symbols for conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, siltstone, shale, rock salt, rock gypsum, dolostone, limestone, and bituminous coal. For metamorphic rocks, it provides the rock names and map symbols for slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, anthracite coal, hornfels, quartzite, and marble based on their texture, grain size, mineral composition, and type of metamorphism.

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    This document provides a scheme for identifying inorganic sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks based on their texture, grain size, composition, and comments. For sedimentary rocks, it identifies the rock names and map symbols for conglomerate, breccia, sandstone, siltstone, shale, rock salt, rock gypsum, dolostone, limestone, and bituminous coal. For metamorphic rocks, it provides the rock names and map symbols for slate, phyllite, schist, gneiss, anthracite coal, hornfels, quartzite, and marble based on their texture, grain size, mineral composition, and type of metamorphism.

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    Scheme for Sedimentary Rock Identification

    INORGANIC LAND-DERIVED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS


    TEXTURE GRAIN SIZE COMPOSITION COMMENTS ROCK NAME MAP SYMBOL

    Pebbles, cobbles, Rounded fragments Conglomerate


    and/or boulders
    embedded in sand, Mostly
    silt, and/or clay quartz, Angular fragments Breccia
    feldspar, and
    Clastic Sand clay minerals;
    (0.006 to 0.2 cm) Fine to coarse Sandstone
    (fragmental) may contain
    fragments of . . . . .
    Silt Very fine grain Siltstone . . . .
    (0.0004 to 0.006 cm) other rocks . . . . .
    . . . .
    and minerals
    Clay Compact; may split
    Shale
    (less than 0.0004 cm) easily

    CHEMICALLY AND/OR ORGANICALLY FORMED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS


    TEXTURE GRAIN SIZE COMPOSITION COMMENTS ROCK NAME MAP SYMBOL

    Halite Rock salt


    Fine Crystals from
    to chemical
    Crystalline Gypsum Rock gypsum
    coarse precipitates
    crystals and evaporites
    Dolomite Dolostone

    Crystalline or Precipitates of biologic


    Calcite origin or cemented shell Limestone
    bioclastic Microscopic to fragments
    very coarse
    Bioclastic Compacted
    Carbon plant remains Bituminous coal

    Scheme for Metamorphic Rock Identification


    GRAIN TYPE OF
    TEXTURE SIZE COMPOSITION METAMORPHISM COMMENTS ROCK NAME MAP SYMBOL

    Fine Low-grade Slate


    metamorphism of shale
    FOLIATED

    ALIGNMENT

    Regional
    MINERAL

    (Heat and Foliation surfaces shiny


    pressure from microscopic mica Phyllite
    Fine crystals
    to increases)
    AMPHIBOLE
    MICA

    medium
    FELDSPAR

    Platy mica crystals visible


    QUARTZ

    GARNET

    from metamorphism of clay Schist


    or feldspars
    PYROXENE
    BAND-

    Medium High-grade metamorphism;


    ING

    to mineral types segregated Gneiss


    coarse into bands

    Carbon Metamorphism of
    Fine Regional bituminous coal Anthracite coal

    Various Various rocks changed by


    Fine Contact heat from nearby Hornfels
    minerals (heat)
    NONFOLIATED

    magma/lava

    Metamorphism of
    Quartz quartz sandstone Quartzite
    Fine
    to Regional
    coarse Calcite and/or Metamorphism of
    or Marble
    dolomite limestone or dolostone
    contact

    Coarse Various Pebbles may be distorted Metaconglomerate


    minerals or stretched

    Source: The University of the State of New York, 2011. Reference Tables for Physical Setting/EARTH SCIENCE.
    URL: http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/reftable/earthscience-rt/esrt2011-engr.pdf
    Physical Setting/Earth Science Reference Tables — 2011 Edition 7

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