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A rock that forms from cemented pieces of rock is described as which of the following?

mafic

felsic

clastic

non-clastic

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Clastic

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A clastic rock is a sedimentary rock consisting of broken pieces of rock like sand grains welded together ie often cemented together by such things as silica or a calcareous cement and also by compaction. Different types of sandstone like quartz sandstone, greywacke, arkose etc are clastic rocks. 
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