a. Which two minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks? clay minerals and quartz olivine and pyroxene amphibole and quartz quartz and muscovite muscovite and biotite       b. What is the most abundant chemical sedimentary rock in Earth’s crust? rock salt flint limestone chert gypsum       c. Working in the field, you find a rock that contains rounded fragments that are greater than 2 mm in diameter. What would you call this rock? shale basalt sandstone limestone conglomerate       d. The geologic laboratory where you work received a sample for analysis that is composed of calcite that includes many microscopic fossils of marine organisms and reacts with acid. What name would identify this rock? rock salt gypsum chert chalk travertine

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1) a. Which two minerals are most common in detrital sedimentary rocks?

clay minerals and quartz
olivine and pyroxene
amphibole and quartz
quartz and muscovite
muscovite and biotite
 
 
 
b. What is the most abundant chemical sedimentary rock in Earth’s crust?
rock salt
flint
limestone
chert
gypsum
 
 
 
c. Working in the field, you find a rock that contains rounded fragments that are greater than 2 mm in diameter. What would you call this rock?
shale
basalt
sandstone
limestone
conglomerate
 
 
 
d. The geologic laboratory where you work received a sample for analysis that is composed of calcite that includes many microscopic fossils of marine organisms and reacts with acid. What name would identify this rock?
rock salt
gypsum
chert
chalk
travertine
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