Difference between clastic rocks and non-clastic rocks?

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Clastic rocks are sedimentary rocks consisting of bits and pieces of other rocks created by physical/mechanical weathering.
Non-clastic are also sedimentary rocks; however are absent bits and pieces of other rocks and are formed through chemical processes (e.g. hydrolysis, evaporation, precipitation, oxidation) or form out of organic material (e.g. coal, chalk).
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