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clast
[ klast ]
noun
- a grain of sediment, silt, sand, gravel, etc., especially as a constituent fragment of a clastic rock formation, as distinguished from a chemical or biogenic component of such a formation.
clast
/ klăst /
- A rock fragment or grain resulting from the breakdown of larger rocks.
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