Hypertext Webster Gateway: "graywacke"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Graywacke \Gray"wacke`\, n. [G. grauwacke; grau gray + wacke
wacke. See {Gray}, and {Wacke}, and cf. {Grauwacke}.] (Geol.)
A conglomerate or grit rock, consisting of rounded pebbles
sand firmly united together.

Note: This term, derived from the grauwacke of German miners,
was formerly applied in geology to different grits and
slates of the Silurian series; but it is now seldom
used.


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