Usually means: Rock formed by brittle fracturing.
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▸ noun:  A type of cataclastic rock that is formed by fracturing and comminution during faulting.

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clastic, tectonite, tuffite, trap rock, volcaniclastic, pyroclastic, cryptocrystalline, autoclasis, cattierite, eclogite, more...

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clastic, tectonite, tuffite, trap rock, volcaniclastic, pyroclastic, cryptocrystalline, autoclasis, cattierite, eclogite, more...



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