Rocks / Mineral rich sedimentary rock-2.

This specimen was collected from the same location as Mineral rich sedimentary rock-1  It differs only in the amoumt of quartz and silica. in specimen 1 the major component was quartz, with just a little cerrusite. In this specimen the major component is cerrusitewith only a small amount of quartz. The cerrusite has the appearance of a flow deposit, and as in the other specimen, when viewed fron the side there are traces of the original layers of sediment.

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