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collegeboy
Posted 9/20/2007 23:51 (#207094 - in reply to #206864)
Subject: RE: Geographical lingo barrier again..........



Slicker than a Yes album.
Gotta get in on this (darn geology classes) Rich is right. "Rock" is a general term for multi-crystal formation (most of what you see) made up of different minerals (made from 1 type of chemical composition)
Boulder is anything larger than your head, cobble is fist size to head size, pebble, granule, sand, silt, clay. Lot's of sub-classes. Read all about it here.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_size
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