greywacke

As nouns the difference between gritstone and greywacke

is that gritstone is a form of sedimentary rock, similar to sandstone but coarser while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

In geology|lang=en terms the difference between arkose and greywacke

is that arkose is (geology) a sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between arkose and greywacke

is that arkose is (geology) a sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between greywacke and basalt

is that greywacke is a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix while basalt is a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.

As a noun greywacke is

(geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and greywacke

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

Greywacke is a derived term of metagraywacke.

Metagraywacke is likely misspelled.

Metagraywacke has no English definition.

As a noun greywacke is

a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

Greywacke is a derived term of metagreywacke.

Metagreywacke is likely misspelled.

Metagreywacke has no English definition.

As a noun greywacke is

a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between matrix and greywacke

is that matrix is matrix while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between feldspar and greywacke

is that feldspar is (mineral) any of a large group of rock-forming minerals that, together, make up about 60% of the earth's outer crust the feldspars are all aluminum silicates of the alkali metals sodium, potassium, calcium and barium feldspars are the principal constituents of igneous and plutonic rocks while greywacke is (geology) a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.

As nouns the difference between quartz and greywacke

is that quartz is the most abundant mineral on the earth's surface, of chemical composition silicon dioxide, SiO₂. It occurs in a variety of forms, both crystalline and amorphous. Found in every environment while greywacke is a hard dark sandstone with poorly sorted angular grains of quartz, feldspar, and small rock fragments in a compact, clay-fine matrix.