Breccia vs Sandstones - What's the difference?
breccia | sandstones |
(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:
As nouns the difference between breccia and sandstones
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 sandstones is .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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