Sedimentary rocks are generally stratified, fine-grained or composed of fragments of older rocks from which these were derived, such as pebbles, sand, angular fragments of older rocks, broken shells, rounded mineral grains and alteration minerals such as clays. Limestones are easily identified because they effervesce in dilute hydrochloric acid. Many sedimentary rocks also contain fossils.
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