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Detrital

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Detrital: A term applied to any particles of minerals, or, more rarely, rocks, which have been derived from pre-existing rock by processes of weathering and/or erosion. Detrital minerals are usually those which are chemically stable and resistant to mechanical abrasion, and without cleavage. (See Clastic rocks)