Clastic Sedimentary Rocks

[@KimPhilipDalanon]

Love it,

[@mitsunori222000]

Extremely useful. Just the basics, but they're all there.

[@user-qb4gb1bn1k]

Really awesome video, really helpful and informative. Keep up the earth sciences. This channel was shown to us by my university geography lecturer here in england :).

[@mariperelman7579]

Thanks!

[@rksy5195]

thanks a lot

[@bijetaphairembam2920]

Can u tell me why fossils are found only in sedimentary rocks?

[@ThomasStevensontutor]

Sure thing! There are three main rock types; igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Igneous rocks are made from lava or magma, which in turn is made by melting pre-existing rocks. If those pre-existing rocks ever contained fossils, they were melted and there is no trace of them left. Metamorphic rocks are also made from pre-existing rocks. Although they don't melt, those rocks are heated and squashed to such an extreme degree that their chemistry and structure change. Any fossils contained in the rocks are transformed into unrecognisable blobs. By the principle of elimination, that leaves sedimentary rocks as the only fossil-friendly type! I hope this answers your question. :)

[@bijetaphairembam2920]

@@ThomasStevensontutor yes & thank you

[@deniseneal1751]

Thank you but I am trying to find out how my solid red, yellow & turquoise blue opaque rock pendant was formed and how a solid, clastic sedimentary rock could be formed as if it wey fashioned out of Fimo or Sculpey clay WITHOUT opaqueness or iridescence 🤔🤔 What is it's TRUE NAME & CLASSIFICATION????🤔🤔🤯😫

[@ThomasStevensontutor]

That sounds like a very nice pendant! Do you have a picture you'd be willing to show me? You can email me at [e-mail] and I'll see if I or one of my geologist friends can work out how it was formed.

[@georgekonstantinouwildcyprus]

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