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 the vicinity of Leesburg and north of that town, and between the Catoctin Mountain and the Potomac River, the conglomerate limestone or brecciated marble is found in abundance, associated with red shale.
From History and Comprehensive Description of Loudoun County, Virginia by James William Head
S., good sections of these old brecciated alluvia occur.
From Early Days in North Queensland by Edward Palmer
The rauchstein of the modern section is distinguished by stringers of calcite, which give it at times a brecciated appearance.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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