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Claystone is a fine-grained, dark gray to pink sedimentary rock which mainly consists of compacted and hardened clay
From English clay and stone as the rock contains more amount of clay
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Novaculite is a dense, hard, fine-grained, siliceous metamorpic rock which is a type of chert that breaks with conchoidal fracture
From Latin word novacula, for razor stone
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock