fubarite
English
Etymology
From FUBAR + -ite
Noun
fubarite (uncountable)
- (petrology, colloquial) a rock that has been brecciated, metamorphosed, or otherwise transformed to the point where its origin cannot be recognized
References
- A Field Guide to Gold, Gemstone and Mineral Sites of British Columbia, Orca Book Publishers, 1999, →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”)!”
- Structured Chaos The unusual life of a climber., La Vergne: Vertebrate Publishing, 2021, →ISBN
- Mindat.org entry