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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...
- Alberto Breccia (April 15, 1919 – November 10, 1993) was a Uruguayan-born Argentine artist and cartoonist. His son Enrique Breccia and daughter Patricia...
- 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...
- 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...
- Neugrund breccia is a type of rock consisting of gneissic breccia and amphibolite originating from the Neugrund crater. Neugrund breccia is different...
- hydrogeology in its interaction with groundwater and petroleum deposits. Fault breccias are tectonites formed primarily by tectonic movement along a localized...
- Haffield Breccia, or Clent Breccia, (now known as the Haffield and Clent Formations) consist of a texturally immature compacted gravel, rich in volcanic...
- Enrique Breccia (born 1945) is an Argentine comic book artist and writer. Enrique Breccia, the son of noted comic artist Alberto Breccia, drew his first...
- flow sedimentary breccia and a colluvial breccia, especially if one is working entirely from drilling information. Sedimentary breccias are an integral...
- A breccia pipe, also referred to as a chimney, is a m**** of breccia (rock composed of broken fragments of minerals or rock cemented together by a fine-grained...