Fiamme and Pyroclastic Texture

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Fiamme and Pyroclastic Texture
Description
Fiamme – a piece of pumice that has been severely compressed by the weight of the overriding volcanic material in a deposit. They appear as long, black and “lense-shaped” fragments in the deposit

Pyroclastic – texture composed of many different types/shapes of volcanic debris, created during an explosive eruption.
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Emma Sosa

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