fubarite
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]fubarite (uncountable)
- (petrology, colloquial) A rock that has been brecciated, metamorphosed, or otherwise transformed to the point where its origin cannot be recognized.
References
[edit]- Hudson, Richard Dennis, Hudson, Richard, Hudson, Rick (1999) A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 7: “The change can be small (slate is simply shale that has been cooked for a few millennia), or it can be so dramatic you can't tell what the original material was (sometimes known as fubarite = “fudged up beyond all recognition”)!”
- Saunders, Victor (2021) Structured Chaos The unusual life of a climber., La Vergne: Vertebrate Publishing, →ISBN
- Mindat.org entry