greywacke
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of greywacke
C19: partial translation of German Grauwacke; see wacke
Example Sentences
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Further research revealed that Mr. Greer had worked as a laborer at the fort, and that the slab on his grave was made from greywacke, the same material used in its construction.
From New York Times • May 5, 2023
Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
The date assigned to its upheaval is "after the unfossiliferous greywacke, or Cambrian strata, and before the Silurian."
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Judged by mere vertical depth, they present but a meagre representative of the massive Devonian greywacke and limestone of Germany, or of the Old Red Sandstone of Britain.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 3 "Destructors" to "Diameter" by Various
Angular fragments of Lydian stone, scattered along the valleys, seemed to indicate that the transition schist is the basis of the strata of greywacke.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
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