Rock Name

Quartz Sandstone

Creator

Preview

Color

Light tan, white, pink

Classification

Clastic

Grain Size

fine, medium sand

Sorting

well-sorted

Roundness

rounded

Composition

quartz

Depositional Environment

Terrestrial: rivers, alluvial fan, deserts; Marine/Transitional: deltas, beach, tidal flats

Comments

sometimes referred to as arenite

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