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origin of clasts for siliciclastic rocks
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provenance
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type of rock formed by the precipitation of minerals due to water. Either by chemical or biochemical processes.
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Chemical Rocks
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Most important minerals in Carbonate rocks
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Aragonite, Low Magnesium Calcite, high Magnesium Calcite, and Dolomite.
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2 types of carbonate clasts
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intraclast, extraclast
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sourced within the basin, carbonate equivalent to mud rip-ups
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intraclasts
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sourced from outside the basin.
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extraclasts
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Most common carbonate grain made of whole or fragmented fossils
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skeletal particles
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Type of carbonate grain that has a nucleus. When cut you can see layer. Forms in high energy environments
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Ooids
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A Rock made mostly out of Ooids
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Oolite
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grain that is not as spherical as an ooid and larger but about the same
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Pisoid
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