Breccia
At a glance
- Type
- Rock
- Group
- Sedimentary rock
- Crystal system
- None (a rock)
- Hardness
- Hard (5.5 to 7.5)
- Density
- Medium (2.5 to 3.2)
- Occurs in
- Sedimentary rocks
- Foliation
- Not layered
- Colour
- Grey, Red, Brown
- Lustre
- Dull
- Use
- Building
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- The word breccia comes from an Italian word for rubble.
- Impact breccias form when a meteorite strike shatters rock and welds the broken pieces back together.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q191250 · All stones · All entries