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claystone  

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  • Claystone is a very fine-grained sedimentary rock, soft and brittle in the dry state, containing at least 50% clay minerals but no laminations. (Adapted and translated from: Moureau M. & Brace G. (2000). Comprehensive Dictionary of Earth Science - Dictionnaire des Sciences de la Terre. Paris, Technip.)

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