Answer the following: (ii) Name this rock. The name should be as specific as pos

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Answer the following:

(ii) Name this rock. The name should be as specific as possible (e.g. Garnetiferous Mica Schist, Fossiliferous Sandstone, etc.)

(iii) Provide as detailed classification as possible. For instance clastic sedimentary, or plutonic igneous, etc.

(iv) Describe the geologic history of this sample from its origin to the present form of this sample. For instance this rock was deposited in shallow water in the ocean, lithified, uplifted, eroded and then transported to adjacent hills. Perhaps humans might have brought it finally to this site.

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Answer

(ii) This pebbles is known as conglomerate.

(iii) It is a clastic sedimentary rock.

(iii) This sample looks totally rounded that is why it is called as conglomerate and this indicates this sample has been transported from long distance of source. If sample is angular that sample is known as breccias and they cannot transported as much as conglomerate.    

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