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Webster 1913 Edition

Breccia

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Brec′cia

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Noun.
[It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F.
brèche
; of German origin. See
Breach
.]
(Geol.)
A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.
Bone breccia
,
a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary.
–
Coin breccia
,
a breccia containing coins.

Webster 1828 Edition

Breccia

BREC'CIA

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Noun.
In mineralogy, an aggregate composed of angular fragments of the same mineral, or of different minerals, united by a cement, and presenting a variety of colors. Sometimes a few of the fragments are a little rounded. The varieties are the siliceous, calcarious and trap breccias.
When rounded stones and angular fragments are united by a cement, the aggregate is usually called coarse conglomerate.

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