Please note that the schools of literary criticism and their explanations included here are by no means the only ways of distinguishing these separate areas of theory. Indeed, many critics use tools from two or more schools in their work.
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that contains large (greater than two millimeters in diameter) rounded clasts.
Conglomerate is a clastic sedimentary rock that forms from the cementing of rounded cobble and pebble sized rock fragments. Conglomerate is formed by river movement or ocean wave action. The cementing agents that fill the spaces to form the solid rock conglomerate are silica, calcite, or iron oxides.Notice in the photo above the rounded rock particles in the conglomerate. These rounded particles make conglomerate different from breccia. Breccia is formed in a very similar fashion to conglomerate.The difference between the two rocks is that breccia's rock fragments are very sharp and angular.onglomerate is formed by river movement or ocean wave action. The cementing agents that fill the spaces to form the solid rock conglomerate are silica, calcite, or iron oxides. Notice in the photo above the rounded rock particles in the conglomerate. These rounded particles make conglomerate different from breccia.