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graywacke

/grey-wak, -wak-uh/US // ˈgreɪˌwæk, -ˌwæk ə //

灰岩,灰岩岩,灰白色,灰白

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.

Examples

  • Appropriately pronounced a "secondary graywacke slate," by Mr. Eaton.

  • In the transition graywacke of the south of Scotland, the galena mines of Leadhills occur.

  • Their material, however, is not flint, but either graywacke or a kind of tough slate.

  • Is it primitive, or is it graywacke like Catskill Mountains?

  • I received a specimen of slaty graywacke from Lake Superior.