Sedimentary
Rock Types Sedimentary
Rocks belong to one of 3 different groups depending on how and they form
and where.
Clastics
- formed of weathered and eroded pieces of other rocks or of the minerals
that were once part of other rocks.
Carbonates
- rocks made from carbonate materials (calcite and dolomite) - essentially
all are produced from the shells of living organsims ranging from algae
to the bones of vertebrates.
Evaporites
- formed from the precipitation of minerals in mineral rich waters - generally
in inclosed basins.
