Story: Rock and mineral names
Ignimbrite consists mainly of glass fragments that were laid down when very hot, and partly welded together. In this piece of Ongatiti ignimbrite, small glass fragments are mixed with larger white crystals of quartz, which crystallised in the magma before it was ejected.
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