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  • Probably the most beautiful of all the ancient breccias is that called Breccia della Villa Adriana, from its occasional occurrence in the ruins of Hadrian's Villa, and also Breccia

    Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

  • A beautiful pair of Roman Ionic columns under the pediment of the altar of the third chapel in the Church of Ara Coeli are made of a valuable breccia called Breccia dorata, distinguished by its small light-golden fragments on a ground of various shades of purple.

    Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

  • 'Breccia' is broken-up, angular fragments of rock, 'megabreccia' means they're big angular fragments, and these are from energetic events, such as impact events.

    unknown title 2009

  • "I did my time as a roustabout for three or four months but realized I was hopeless at farm work," laughs Clarke, who now calls Los Angeles home and is dating French actress Cécile Breccia.

    Jason Clarke: Chicago's Finest 2011

  • Two days ride between Scarcleft and Breccia ...and so on.

    Don't Forget the Dog! Glenda Larke 2008

  • Two days ride between Scarcleft and Breccia ...and so on.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Glenda Larke 2008

  • Several of the samples have become so famous within the international geoscience community that they are recognizable by their given names, such as the “Genesis Rock,” “The Black and White Breccia,” “Big Bertha,” “Rusty Rock,” “Great Scott,” and “The First Apollo 11 Sample Analyzed.”

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • Several of the samples have become so famous within the international geoscience community that they are recognizable by their given names, such as the “Genesis Rock,” “The Black and White Breccia,” “Big Bertha,” “Rusty Rock,” “Great Scott,” and “The First Apollo 11 Sample Analyzed.”

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • Several of the samples have become so famous within the international geoscience community that they are recognizable by their given names, such as the “Genesis Rock,” “The Black and White Breccia,” “Big Bertha,” “Rusty Rock,” “Great Scott,” and “The First Apollo 11 Sample Analyzed.”

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

  • Several of the samples have become so famous within the international geoscience community that they are recognizable by their given names, such as the “Genesis Rock,” “The Black and White Breccia,” “Big Bertha,” “Rusty Rock,” “Great Scott,” and “The First Apollo 11 Sample Analyzed.”

    First Man James R. Hansen 2005

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