Carbonate classification
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carbonate mudstone
mud-supported carbonate rocks with clasts making up less than 10% of the rock.
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wackestone
mud-supported carbonate rocks with clasts making up more than 10% of the rock.
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packestone
clast-supported carbonate rocks with some mud present
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grainstone
clast-supported carbonate rocks with little to no mud present
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floatstone
matrix-supported limestone conglomerate
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rudstone
clast-supported limestone conglomerate
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boundstone
carbonate rocks whose original components were bound together during deposition
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crystalline carbonate
carbonate rocks whose original texture is not recognizable