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| − | [[Image:Breccia.jpg|thumb|300px|This breccia is found in Death Valley's Mosaic Canyon.]]'Breccia''' is a coarse-grained [[sedimentary]] [[rock]] made up of broken [[rock]] fragments with relatively sharp corners. These large, angular fragments are cemented by a fine-grained matrix or [[mineral]] cement.<ref>http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/rxmin/gbreccia.html</ref> | + | [[Image:Breccia.jpg|thumb|300px|This breccia is found in Death Valley's Mosaic Canyon.]]'''Breccia''' is a coarse-grained [[sedimentary]] [[rock]] made up of broken [[rock]] fragments with relatively sharp corners. These large, angular fragments are cemented by a fine-grained matrix or [[mineral]] cement.<ref>http://wrgis.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/rxmin/gbreccia.html</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 16:12, May 9, 2008
Breccia is a coarse-grained sedimentary rock made up of broken rock fragments with relatively sharp corners. These large, angular fragments are cemented by a fine-grained matrix or mineral cement.[1]