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
The clay-slate, in its upper half, is frequently brecciated, the embedded angular fragments being of nearly the same nature with the paste. 2nd.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
Another variety was of a dull- red colour, having a claystone brecciated basis, including specks of oxide of iron and of calcareous spar, and amygdaloidal with green earth: there were apparently several other varieties.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
These red and green rocks are often quite distinct, and often pass into each other; the passage being sometimes affected by a fine brecciated structure, particles of the red and green matter being mingled together.
From Geological Observations on South America by Charles Darwin
These waters deposited around the spring a brecciated mass of quartz and feldspar, much of it of a reddish color.
From The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California To which is Added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with Recent Notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources by John Charles Frémont
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