terms:shale
A fine grained, thinly laminated or fissile, detrital sedimentary rock formed by the compaction and consolidation of clay, silt, or mud. The composition is characterized by an appreciable content of clay minerals, or derivatives from clay minerals, and a high content of detrital quartz.
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