Breccia definition

Breccia means rock consisting of fragments, more or less angular, in a matrix of finer-grained material or of cementing material.

Breccia means a coarse grained rock composed of large, >2mm angular rock fragments that have been cemented together in a fine grained matrix.

Breccia means a course grained rock, composed of angular broken rock fragments held together by a finer grained matrix;

Examples of Breccia in a sentence

• FD/AVM/CKH SRK Consulting NI 43-101 Technical Report on Resources Wate Uranium Breccia Pipe – Northern Arizona, USA.

• Ground traverses, trenching and mapping carried out in 2016 outlined a Sudbury Breccia belt of at least 300 metres by 300 metres in size which lies along the same trend at the Whistle Offset Dyke located on KGHM property to the southwest.

• This work has identified new occurrences of Quartz Diorite dyke and Sudbury Breccia, both of which are geologically significant lithologies known to host ore deposits associated with the Sudbury structure.

• Basic rock: Gabbro, Dolerite, Basalt and its varieties, Trachyte.6. Identification of rocks (Sedimentary Petrology): Conglomerate, Breccia, Sandstone and its varieties, Laterite, Limestone and its varieties, Shales and its varieties.7. Identification of rocks (Metamorphic Petrolody): Marble, slate, Gneiss and its varieties, Schist and its varieties.

• Breccia and related alteration features of silicification and barite deposition have been traced for 1,200 meters with thicknesses from several meters (distal) to over 40-meters at deepest depths observed.

More Definitions of Breccia

Breccia means a textural description of a rock which is composed of angular rock fragments.

Breccia means a rock made up of angular coarse fragments.

Breccia means a broken fragmental rock, usually related to fault zones. Due to the open spaces within a breccia, such rocks are a favourable site for groundwater movement.

Breccia means a rock composed of highly angular course fragments.

Breccia means a rock composed of fragments of rock and minerals.

Breccia means a coarse-grained rock in which angular fragments of one mineral (or composite of minerals or rock) are surrounded and held together by a mass of fine-grained minerals and in this case originating from explosive igneous processes.

Breccia means a rock composed of angular, broken, rock fragments held together by a mineral cement or in a fine-grained matrix.