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| − | A natural or man-made heterogeneous stone mass. A conglomerate of stone consists of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=pebble pebbles] or [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=gravel gravel] embedded in a matrix of [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sand sand] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=cement cement]. Examples are [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=breccia breccia] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=puddingstone puddingstone]. | + | A natural or man-made heterogeneous stone mass. A conglomerate of stone consists of pebbles |
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| − | == Synonyms and Related Terms ==
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| − | conglomrat (Fr.); conglomerado (Esp., Port.); Konglomerat (Deut.); conglomeraat (Ned.)
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| − | == Additional Images ==
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| − | File:Conglomerateemr3.jpg|Conglomerate
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | == Authority ==
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| − | * ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
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| − | * ''Van Nostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia'', Douglas M. Considine (ed.), Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1976
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| − | * Random House, Random House, ''Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language'', Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
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| − | * ''The American Heritage Dictionary'' or ''Encarta'', via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
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| − | [[Category:Materials database]]
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Revision as of 06:25, 24 July 2013
Description
A natural or man-made heterogeneous stone mass. A conglomerate of stone consists of pebbles
