fubarite

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From FUBAR +‎ -ite.

Noun[edit]

fubarite (uncountable)

  1. (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