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- A conglomerate in mineralogy, is a coarse
- clastic sedimentary rock, composed of
- rounded fragments (clasts) of pre-existing
- rocks cemented in a finer matrix, usually
- sand.
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- A conglomerate is a company that has a number
- of subsidiaries in a number of nonrelated
- markets. eg: British American Tobacco is a
- conglomerate owning a tobacco company and a
- Californian insurance company.
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- Subject by: Samantha Good
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