Breccia vs Limestone - What's the difference?
breccia | limestone |
(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:
(mineralogy) An abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (CaCO?); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.
Made of or with limestone.
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*:The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
As nouns the difference between breccia and limestone
is that breccia is (label) a rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material while limestone is (mineralogy) an abundant rock of marine and fresh-water sediments; primarily composed of calcite (caco₃); it occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous.As an adjective limestone is
made of or with limestone.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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