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Breccia

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Breccia (Itai. debris of broken walls), in Geology, a rock consisting of angular fragments of various stones and occasionally bones cemented together by some other material (e.g. lime). It is contrasted with conglomerate, in which the stones are rounded. Both are known under the generic name of "pudding-stone."

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