Siltite

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Siltite (English silt = silt) is a clastic sedimentary rock with an average grain size between 2 µm and 0.063 mm. A siltite corresponds to rocks that can be assigned to silt stones (silt stones). The term siltite is mainly used for the classification of clastic limestones , for which the otherwise used grain size-dependent term siltstone does not make sense because it primarily refers to a siliciclastic rock.

See also

swell

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