Examples of breccia in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Pinnacles’ high peaks are mostly volcanic breccia, which is more vulnerable to crumbling, a different sort of challenge. — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2022 The next two hours of our afternoon were spent pacing back and forth along the base of Machete Ridge, a colossal fin of volcanic breccia, growing increasingly frustrated as the sun began to sink. — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 25 Feb. 2020 The most habitable meteorite samples analyzed appeared to be made of a rock type called regolith breccia. — Nikk Ogasa, Scientific American, 19 July 2021 Impact melt breccia is a type of lunar rock formed from asteroids striking the surface of the moon. — Fox News, 9 July 2020 In their paper, the scientists explain that the substance discovered by the Chang’e 4 mission’s Yutu-2 rover is similar to two melt breccia samples returned from the moon by NASA’s Apollo 15 and Apollo 17 missions. — Fox News, 9 July 2020 The rock 14321 is a breccia, or a conglomeration of rocks and minerals all cemented together in a mosaic-like pattern. — Jay Bennett, Smithsonian, 28 Jan. 2019 The astronauts found two main types of rocks at their landing: basalts and breccias, according to the Universities Space Research Association. — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019 Small rock fragments are sometimes fused under the intense heat and pressure of the impacts, forming breccias. — Ryan W. Miller, USA TODAY, 19 July 2019 See More

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