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volcanic ash so committed to drama it fossilized mid-tantrum into stone
means A rock formed from volcanic ash and debris that has been compacted and cemented into a soft, porous stone.
from From the Italian 'tufo,' which came from Latin 'tofus' (or 'tophus'), the Romans' word for a soft, crumbly stone — the same root that gives us 'tufa,' tuff's calcium-carbonate cousin. The two spellings drifted apart over centuries, with 'tuff' settling onto the volcanic variety.
- the recipe
- compacted volcanic ash, welded by its own heat
- easter island
- most moai statues were carved from tuff
- soft start
- workable when fresh, hardens with age
- roman favorite
- ancient builders quarried it for entire cities
tuff cone craters oregon — crater lake formed from rhyolitic tuff eruption ~7,700 years ago in oregon
yellowstone caldera — massive welded tuff deposits from supervolcanic eruption 640,000 years ago in wyoming
cappadocia fairy chimneys — erosional formations carved from volcanic tuff in central turkey, inhabited since bronze age