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Noun

1. 1
   one of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; consists of pre-existing rock mass in which new minerals or textures are formed at higher temperatures and greater pressures than those present on the Earth's surface. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   rock altered by pressure and heat wordnet

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basaltbedrockbrecciaconglomeratecraggneiss

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sedimentary rockclaystonedutch kleievaporite