BRECCIA

breccia. Breccia, n. a stone consisting of fragments agglutinated together

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‖Brec″cia (�), n. [[It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. brèche; of German origin. See Breach.]] (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors. Bone breccia, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary. — Coin breccia, a breccia containing coins.