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Soil texture is a key soil descriptor.  Particle sizes can be ascertained in a laboratory to determine what proportion a particular sample is due to sand, silt, and/or clay.  The chart below illustrates how various mixtures of sand, silt, and/or clay make up soil textural classifications.

 

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