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Definition of Breccias

Breccia
Breccia Brec"cia, n. [It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. br[`e]che; of German origin. See Breach.] (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. Bone breccia, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins.

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- events, or caldera collapse. Breccias are further classified by their mechanism of formation. Sedimentary breccia is breccia formed by sedimentary processes...
- Cécile Breccia is a French actress and model best known for her role as Lt. Link Manion in the 2008 American military science fiction film Starship Troopers...
- Annibale Evaristo Breccia (18 July 1876, Of****na - 28 July 1967, Rome) was an Italian egyptologist, the second director of the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria...
- Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was a Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. His son Enrique Breccia and daughter Patricia...
- flow sedimentary breccia and a colluvial breccia, especially if one is working entirely from drilling information. Sedimentary breccias are an integral...
- Neugrund breccia is a type of rock consisting of gneissic breccia and amphibolite originating from the Neugrund crater. Neugrund breccia is different...
- Crackle breccia is a type of breccia where the clasts have been separated by planes of rupture, but have experienced little or no displacement. The individual...
- the Darriwilian stage of the Middle Ordovician epoch. Rhyolite flows, breccias and hyaloclastics are the primary rocks comprising the Flat Landing Brook...
- Haffield Breccia, or Clent Breccia, (now known as the Haffield and Clent Formations) consist of a texturally immature compacted gravel, rich in volcanic...
- The Breccia Crags (60°42′S 45°13′W / 60.700°S 45.217°W / -60.700; -45.217) are rock crags, 305 metres (1,000 ft) high, standing 1 nautical mile (2 km)...