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sparagmite

A collective term for the late Percambrian fragmental rocks of Scandinavia, esp. the feldspathic sandstones of the Swedish Jotnian, consisting mainly of coarse arkoses and subarkoses, together with polygenetic conglomerates and graywackes. Etymol: Greek sparagma, fragment, thing torn, piece.

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