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Diamictite
Diamictite

Banded iron formation
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Diamictite is a sedimentary rock that consists of non-sorted to poorly sorted terrigenous sediment containing particles that range in size from clay to boulders, suspended in a matrix of mudstone or sandstone
Southern Mongolia
Unknown
From Greek dia through and meiktós or mixed
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Soft Rock
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Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
 
Banded iron formation are distinctive units of sedimentary rock that are almost always of Precambrian age
Western Australia, Minnesota
Johann Gottlob Lehmann
From its formation process
Sedimentary Rocks
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
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Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock