wacke
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Another name for a lithic wacke is greywacke.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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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The rock is very often of a gray color; hence the name, grau, being German for gray, and wacke, being a provincial miner's term.
From Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir
Passing along the face of the murderous hill, which is of wacke formation, the road descended by several sloping terraces, to the level valley through which the river winds.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
