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Welded Rhyolite Tuff

The thin, dark streaks in this specimen were once rounded pumice lumps. Pressure and heat deep within the Bishop Tuff welded pumice and ash together.

Group: Igneous
Catalog Number: 116619.0045
Time Period: Erupted 760,000 years ago
Locality: Bishop Tuff, Bishop , California

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