Oil shale Definition

Oil shale

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Definition

Oil Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil is extracted

History

Origin

Discoverer

Unknown

Etymology

From Old English scealu in its base sense of thing that divides or separate

Class

Sedimentary Rocks

Sub-Class

Durable Rock, Soft Rock

Family

Group

Other Categories

Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock

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Define Oil shale

Oil shale is one of the important type of rocks. If we have to define Oil shale in general, Oil Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil is extracted. Oil shale comes under Sedimentary Rocks. All Sedimentary Rocks have similar properties and formation process. Along with Oil shale Definition, know more about the History of Oil shale, Etymology of Oil shale in next sections.