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Igneous rocks

Slow cooling / Coarse Fast cooling / Fine Very fast cooling


crystals crystals (volcanic rocks)
Mafic (Dark Color) Gabbro Basalt Tuff, Scoria
Intermediate
Felsic (Light Color)

Metamorphic rocks

Sedimentary rocks

Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks

Particle size Clastic sediments Sedimentary rock

2-256mm Gravel (Gr) Conglomerate


0.063-2mm Sand (Sa) Sandstone
0.002-0.063mm Silt (Si) Siltstone , Loess

>0.002mm Clay (Cl) Claystone

Chemical and biological sedimentary rocks: limestone, salt, gypsum, silex


(flint).

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