sedimentary rock cement

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Term: sedimentary rock cement
Definition:

A constituent that occupies space between individual grains of a consolidated sedimentary rock, and binds the grains together as a rigid, coherent mass; it may be derived from the sediment or its entrapped waters, or it may be brought in by solution from outside sources. Material is usually chemically precipitated (Jackson, 1997, p. 103). Distinguished from matrix by clearly secondary origin and generally monomineralic charactera

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