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Identifying rocks, minerals and fossils
Introduction
What is a rock?
What is a mineral?
What is a fossil?
Rock, mineral or 
    fossil?
Rock key

    Sedimentary
      Rock colour 
           key
      Pale rock key
      Limestone
      Chalk
      Unknown 
          pale rock
      Dark rock key
      Clay
      Ironstone
      Coal
      Unknown 
          dark rock

    Igneous
    Metamorphic
    Unknown

Mineral key
Fossil key
 Helpful books
     

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Sedimentary rock key - pale coloured rocks

Read the descriptions below and choose the one that most closely describes the rock you are trying to identify. 
 
thumbnail image of chalk

thumbnail image of limestone linking to more information

thumbnail image of silty sandstone linking to general information about pale sedimentary rocks
A white, soft, powdery rock that scratches easily
A grey rock with fossils (can sometimes have small round grains) My rock doesn't fit either of those descriptions