wacke
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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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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.
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TAHITI.—Passage from wacke into trap; singular volcanic rock with the vesicles half-filled with mesotype.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
The range bordering the eastern shore of the lake is basalt and basaltic wacke; on the western, it is partly gypsum and limestone, but resting on basalt.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
