wacke

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The terms quartz wacke, lithic wacke, and feldspathic wacke are used.

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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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TAHITI.—Passage from wacke into trap; singular volcanic rock with the vesicles half-filled with mesotype.

From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles

Huge heaps of lava, having been apparently in strife with the opposite element, are erected on the banks over wacke, or in other cases over a finely-grained soft mart.

From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis