Ortho-Conglomerate (Sedimentary Clastic Rock)
by Metwally Hamza, Egyptian Geologist, Egypt
- Hand-Sample of Clast-Support Ortho-Conglomerate, it has up to 15% of the matrix.
- conglomerate is divided into two main types:
* Clast-Support Ortho-Conglomerate that has up to 15% of the matrix.
* Matrix-Support Para-Conglomerate that has less than 15% of the matrix.
- The blue-marked grains in the picture refer to an important morphological feature of conglomerate, is that conglomerate has rounded grains in microscopic slides and hand-samples.
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- Africa (369)
- Northern Africa (171)
- Egypt (98)
- Exact location (33.0121 E, 28.2882 N)
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Taken on 20
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2020
Submitted on 27 November 2020
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