brecciatedadj.
/ˈbrɛtʃɪeɪtɪd/ Formed into a breccia, of the structure of a breccia.
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brecciated1772
breccial1853
1772 T. Pennant Tour Scotl. (1774) 218 Some are breciated or filled with crystalline kernels.
1789 A. Mills in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 86 The including chert, amongst which we found some that is brecciated.
1830 C. Lyell Elem. Geol. (1865) 458 The well known brecciated limestone of the Pyrenees.
1875 J. Croll Climate & Time xviii. 294 The brecciated subangular conglomerates and boulder beds of the Old Red Sandstone.
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