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feldspathic graywacke
A graywacke characterized by abundant unstable materials; specif., a sandstone containing generally less than 75% of quartz and chert and 15% to 75% detrital clay matrix, and having feldspar grains (chiefly sodic plagioclase, indicating a plutonic provenance) in greater abundance than rock fragments (indicating a supracrustal provenance) (Pettijohn, 1954; 1957). Compare: lithic graywacke.
- Μέρος του λόγου: noun
- Κλάδος/Τομέας: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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- ed.young
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