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Define 'shale'.

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(i) Shale refers to the soft finely stratified sedimentary rock that is formed from the compaction of small old rocks containing mud and minerals - such as quartz and calcite, trapped beneath earth's surface.
(ii) These rocks contain fossil fuels like oil and gas in their pores.
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