which characteristic determines whether a rock is classified as a shale, a siltstone, or a conglomerate?

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They are classified mainly by the size of their sediment grain size.

gravel, pebble, =conglomerate

silt= siltstone

clay= shale

Dkhara answered Feb 24, 2019

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