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The name of a sedimentary layer appears in a lighter shade on the embark menu.
 
The name of a sedimentary layer appears in a lighter shade on the embark menu.
  
If you aren't looking for [[magma]] when choosing a start location, keep an eye out for them, as sedimentary layers are your only source of [[bituminous coal]] and [[lignite]].
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Sedimentary layers are, on average, the most economically valuable of the five mineral layers.  They are your only source of [[bituminous coal]] and [[lignite]], vital for fueling non-[[magma]] forges and for the coke [[steel]]-making requires (especially if you lack trees). They are much richer in [[iron]] [[ores]] than other rock formations.  Several sedimentary rocks - [[dolomite]], [[chalk]], and [[limestone]] - are [[flux]]es, required to make steel and also of double value when turned into trade goods or furniture.
 
 
They also tend to be rich in [[iron]] [[ores]].
 
  
 
[[Category:Stone Layers]]
 
[[Category:Stone Layers]]

Revision as of 03:32, 14 January 2008

Sedimentary stone layers contain hematite, limonite, magnetite, tetrahedrite, bituminous coal, and lignite.

Sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, shale, claystone, rock salt, limestone, conglomerate, dolomite, flint, chert, and chalk layers are sedimentary.

The name of a sedimentary layer appears in a lighter shade on the embark menu.

Sedimentary layers are, on average, the most economically valuable of the five mineral layers. They are your only source of bituminous coal and lignite, vital for fueling non-magma forges and for the coke steel-making requires (especially if you lack trees). They are much richer in iron ores than other rock formations. Several sedimentary rocks - dolomite, chalk, and limestone - are fluxes, required to make steel and also of double value when turned into trade goods or furniture.