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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Breccia \Brec"cia\, noun [It., breach, pebble, fragments of stone, fr. F. br['e]che; of German origin. See {Breach}.] (Geol.) A rock composed of angular fragments either of the same mineral or of different minerals, etc., united by a cement, and commonly presenting a variety of colors.
{Bone breccia}, a breccia containing bones, usually fragmentary.
{Coin breccia}, a breccia containing coins.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
breccia
noun: a rudaceous rock consisting of sharp fragments embedded in clay or sand
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "breccia": aa, abyssal rock, agglomerate, agglomeration, basalt, bedrock, block lava, brash, bunch, clot, cluster, concrete, concretion, conglomerate, conglomeration, crag, debris, detritus, druid stone, festooned pahoehoe, gneiss, grain, granite, granule, granulet, gravel, grit, igneous rock, lava, limestone, living rock, magma, mantlerock, mass, metamorphic rock, monolith, pahoehoe, pillow lava, porphyry, pudding stone, regolith, rock, ropy lava, rubble, rubblestone, sand, sandstone, sarsen, schist, scoria, scree, sedimentary rock, shelly pahoehoe, shingle, stone, talus, tufa, tuff
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