brecciate
Americanverb (used with object)
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The host rocks, which commonly include the stock itself and the surrounding country rocks, are normally highly fractured and brecciated.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Cassiterite occurs as a pseudomorph after orthoclase felspar in some of the altered granite of Cornwall, and it has occasionally been found as a cementing material in certain brecciated lodes.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various
In some of these intrusive masses, the porphyries exhibit, more or less plainly, a brecciated structure, like that often seen in volcanic masses.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
The limestone in it has become crystalline, veined and brecciated, while a fine red staining, especially at Little Island, adds to its value as a marble.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various
I'll be bound that if we went down there we should find 'pipes' of soapy brecciated rock.
From King Solomon's Mines by Henry Rider Haggard
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