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Picture Conglomerate Key Features

Poorly sorted. Coarse Grained. Rounded. Deposited by rivers?

Breccia

Poorly sorted. Coarse grained. Angular. Deposited by landslide?

Sandstone

Well sorted. Medium grained. Sub rounded to sub angular. Deposited by rivers and along coasts. Well sorted Medium grained. Rounded ooids. Some Shelly fragments. Deposited in Shallow marine environment. Fine to Medium grained. Can be crystalline. Some shelly fragments. Deposited in marine environment

Oolitic Limestone

Limestone

Shale

Very fine grained. Well sorted. Deposited in rivers and deltaic areas.

Coal

Formed in areas that are moist warm and heavily vegetated. Can indicate the historic presence of a delta