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quartz-wacke

quartz-wacke noun: a type of sandstone that contains over 95% quartz grains and more than 15% mud matrix.

Noun

quartz-wacke (plural quartz-wackes)

  1. A type of sandstone that contains over 95% quartz grains and more than 15% mud matrix.

Forms of quartz-wacke

pluralquartz-wackes

Questions about quartz-wacke

What does quartz-wacke mean?
Quartz-wacke means a type of sandstone that contains over 95% quartz grains and more than 15% mud matrix.
What part of speech is quartz-wacke?
Quartz-wacke is a noun.
What is the plural of quartz-wacke?
The plural of quartz-wacke is quartz-wackes.

Words near quartz-wacke in the dictionary

  1. quartz-iodine lamp
  2. quartz-iodine lamps
  3. quartz-monzonite
  4. quartz-trachyte
  5. quartz-trachytes
  6. quartz-wacke
  7. quartzarenic
  8. quartzarenite
  9. quartzarenites
  10. quartzarenitic
  11. quartzes

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