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9 | Claystone is a clastic fine-grained sedimentary rock composed of cemented clay-particles. With it grainsize it is comparable with [[mudstone>>url:https://terrapedia.terraindex.com/index.php/Mudstone]] and [[siltstone>>url:https://terrapedia.terraindex.com/index.php/Siltstone]], but the particles need to be [[clay>>url:https://terrapedia.terraindex.com/index.php/Clay]]-size and a minimum of 50% of the rock needs to be composed of clay-sized particles. | ||
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11 | Claystones often are mistaken for siltstone or mudstone, but the difference lies in the amount of clay-size particles present. To distinguish them the following definitions can be used: | ||
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13 | * Siltstone – more than half of the composition is silt-sized particles. | ||
14 | * Claystone – more than half of the composition is clay-sized particles. | ||
15 | * Mudstone – hardened mud; a mix of silt and clay sized particles | ||
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19 | = Characteristics = | ||
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21 | Claystone is made up from different clay-minerals and can therefor have many different colors. Moreover claystone has a hardness of 3.5 on Mohr's scale and is smooth to touch. | ||
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23 | = References = | ||
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25 | * [[https:~~/~~/www.britannica.com/science/claystone>>https://www.britannica.com/science/claystone]] | ||
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32 | = Claystone = | ||
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34 | [[image:https://terrapedia.terraindex.com/images/7/7b/Claystone.webp||alt="image.jpg"]] | ||
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36 | |=(% scope="row" %)Image|[[Source>>https://geology-fundamentals.fandom.com/wiki/4247444/claystone]] | ||
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41 | **Contents** | ||
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