An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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A rock composed of angular fragments (over two millimeter diameter) of older rocks melded together with a matrix of smaller particles or a mineral cement.

From It. breccia "broken (rock)," from a Germanic source akin to O.H.G. brecha "a breaking," ultimately from PIE *bhreg- "to break," → fraction.

Bereš, loan from Fr.

To form as → breccia.

From → breccia + → -ate.

Characterized by, converted into, or resembling a breccia; especially of a rock structure marked by an accumulation of angular fragments, or of an ore texture showing mineral fragments without notable rounding.

→ breccia, → brecciated.

A rock formed by the process of → brecciation.

→ brecciated; → rock.

The formation of → breccia.

Verbal noun of → brecciate.