Usually means: Sedimentary rock, feldspar and quartz.
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  6. arkose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ noun:  (geology) A sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand.

Similar:
saccharite, quartzolite, orthoquartzite, psephite, eclogite, sedimentary, osarsite, diabase, mudrock, ozokerit, more...

Types:
orthoquartzite, greywacke, mudstone, siltstone, more...

Adjectives:
coarse, meta, grained, basal, red, lithic, conglomeratic, bedded, pebbly, gray, massive

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Similar:
saccharite, quartzolite, orthoquartzite, psephite, eclogite, sedimentary, osarsite, diabase, mudrock, ozokerit, more...

Types:
orthoquartzite, greywacke, mudstone, siltstone, more...

Adjectives:
coarse, meta, grained, basal, red, lithic, conglomeratic, bedded, pebbly, gray, massive



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