Breccia vs Coquina - What's the difference?
breccia | coquina |
(label) A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
* 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 24:
Any of several small marine clams, of the species , common in US coastal waters.
(geology) A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells
As nouns the difference between breccia and coquina
is that breccia is a rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material while coquina is any of several small marine clams, of the species species: Donax variabilis, common in US coastal waters.breccia
English
(wikipedia breccia)Noun
(en-noun)- Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia .
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