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Siltstone

A rock classification type
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Printstone

Hammersley Range Printstone site, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Siltstone

Roswell area, Pecos River Valley, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
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Siltstone

Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA
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Printstone

Hammersley Range Printstone site, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
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Siltstone

Roswell area, Pecos River Valley, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
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Siltstone

Dunn County, Wisconsin, USA
01336630017272324859348.jpg
Printstone

Hammersley Range Printstone site, Tom Price, Ashburton Shire, Western Australia, Australia
04954350017272076687151.jpg
Siltstone

Roswell area, Pecos River Valley, Chaves County, New Mexico, USA
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A mudstone with silt-grade clasts. An indurated silt having the texture and composition of shale but lacking its fine lamination or fissility; a massive mudstone in which the silt predominates over clay; a nonfissile silty shale. It tends to be flaggy, containing hard, durable, generally thin layers, and often showing various primary current structures.

Synonym of: siltite, claystone

Ref: AGI


Unique IdentifiersHide

Mindat ID:
49448
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:49448:1

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Associations Based on Photo Data:
7 photos of Siltstone associated with QuartzSiO2
7 photos of Siltstone associated with HematiteFe2O3
6 photos of Siltstone associated with GoethiteFe3+O(OH)
3 photos of Siltstone associated with Cosmopolitodus
2 photos of Siltstone associated with MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
2 photos of Siltstone associated with 'Manganese Dendrites'
2 photos of Siltstone associated with UraniniteUO2
2 photos of Siltstone associated with 'Sandstone'
1 photo of Siltstone associated with 'Basalt'
1 photo of Siltstone associated with PyriteFeS2

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