Look closely at the photograph(s) provided and determine the best rock name using the visible clues. This sample is easily scratched with a fingernail. You may contact your professor to point out important details if needed. PORy ABauk Rock Gypsum Micrite Crystalline Limestone Travertine

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Look closely at the photograph(s) provided
and determine the best rock name using
the visible clues. This sample is easily
scratched with a fingernail.
You may contact your professor to point
out important details if needed.
Polly A Bouke
Rock Gypsum
Micrite
Crystalline Limestone
Travertine

Lignite
Coquina
Bituminous Coal
Rock Salt
Anthracite Coal (technically
metamorphic but part of
sedimentary set)
Oolitic Limestone
Chert
Fossiliferous Limestone
Peat
Chalk

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