Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Materials Facet
3. Materials (hierarchy name)
4. materials (substances)
5. [materials by composition]
6. inorganic material
7. rock (inorganic material)
8. metamorphic rock
9. marble (rock)
10. [marble by form or function]

Narrower term/s

• breccia corallina
• breccia a semesanto
• breccia di Settebasi
• breccia traccagnina
• breche violette marble
• broccatellone
• Egyptian breccia marble
• mischio marble
• Affricano
• rosso brecciato
• Sarrancolin marble
• brèche d'Alep

Anotations

Scope note:

Marble composed of angular fragments imbedded in a finer ground or paste; among the best known are the Egyptian breccia, many Numidian marbles, and the breccias of Gragnano and Seravezza, Italy.