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An arenite where between 5% and 25% of the interstitial material is rock fragments and rock fragments > feldspar and the rest made up of quartz.
Classification of Sublithic-areniteHide
Arenites according to composition (after Pettijohn et al. 1987)
Mineralogy of Sublithic-areniteHide
Essential minerals - these are minerals that are required within the classification of this rock:
Non-essential minerals - these minerals are common, sometimes major components, but are not always present: