Arenite

Arenite (Latin arena = sand) is a clastic sedimentary rock with an average grain size between 0.063 and 2 mm. An arenite corresponds to rocks that can be assigned to sandstones . The term arenite is mainly used for the classification of clastic limestones , for which the otherwise used grain size-dependent term sandstone does not make sense because it primarily refers to a siliciclastic rock.

See also

• Lutite
• Rudite
• Siltite

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H. Füchtbauer: Sediments and sedimentary rocks. 4th revised edition. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1988, 1141 pp., ISBN 3-510-65138-3