wacke
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wacke
1795–1805; < German: a kind of stone
Example Sentences
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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
The quartz arenite and arkose have relatively little silt-clay matrix, while the lithic wacke has abundant matrix.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Huge heaps of lava, having been apparently in strife with the opposite element, are erected on the banks over wacke, or in other cases over a finely-grained soft mart.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by William Cornwallis Harris
TAHITI.—Passage from wacke into trap; singular volcanic rock with the vesicles half-filled with mesotype.
From Volcanic Islands by Charles Darwin
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