wacke
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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
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The quartz arenite and arkose have relatively little silt-clay matrix, while the lithic wacke has abundant matrix.
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The basis of these lower lavas is rather wacke than basalt; when it is spongy, it resembles the amygdaloids* of Frankfort-on-the-Main.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 1 by Ross, Thomasina
These various lavas often pass, at a considerable depth from the surface, in the most abrupt and singular manner into wacke.
From Geological Observations on South America by Darwin, Charles
