Sandstone

Sandstone

Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains (usually quartz) cemented together.

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Category: Civil engineering
Government Agency: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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sandstone

Earth science; Geology

A clastic sedimentary rock in which the particles are dominantly of sand size, from 0.062 mm to 2 mm in diameter.

sandstone

Archaeology; Human evolution

A cemented or compacted detrital sediment composed predominantly of quartz grains the size of sand particles.

sandstone

Geography; Physical geography

A type of sedimentary rock that contains a large quantity of weathered quartz grains.

sandstone

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Sedimentary rock composed of sand-sized grains (usually quartz) cemented together.

sandstone

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A clastic sedimentary rock comprising an aggregate of sand-sized (0.06–2.0-mm) fragments of minerals, rocks, or fossils held together by a mineral cement. Sandstone forms when ...

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