breccia

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It may also be called a breccia, for it is composed of black fragments, larger or smaller, derived from other rocks, whose angular shape indicates that they have not travelled far from the spots where they occur.

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  1. noun Rock composed of sharp-angled fragments embedded in a fine-grained matrix.

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  1. Italian, of Germanic origin; see bhreg- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Italian, formerly also brecchia, gravel, now technically breccia, = French brèche, connected with Italian breccia = Spanish Portuguese brecha, from French brèche, a breach; all of Teutonic origin: see breach, and cf. brash, n.
 

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/ˈbrɛtʃɪə/
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