breccia is from alluvial environments that is gravitational. It is found in bajadas, pro-graded fans and is poorly sorted. |
conglomerate comes from glacial environments and is unsorted, unstratified, stridated and polished. |
sandstone is found in fluvial (stream) lacustrine (lake) eolian (wind/desert plains) and strand (beach). is also called Quartzarentie. |
shale. is smooth when you rub against teeth. comes from clay and is found in fluvial, lacustrine, paludial (swamp/marsh/bog), estuary or abbysal (deep marine/low energy) |
rock salt. is salty LOL. deposits in sabkhas and playas. it is a chemically affected sedementary rock; inorganic chemical precipitate/biochemical with fossils. |
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