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  • Odd Rhyolite from Central Mass.

    Decades ago I found the base of a large Brewerton Eared Triangle in Central Massachusetts . It is made of the strangest material. I believe it is a type of coarse Rhyolite. I've never seen this material before or since.


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    Cool piece. No Expert, but I'd bet that crystal fragmentation throughout, happened during its metamorphic phase, as opposed to its original flow. What do you think?
    Coastal Plain of Maryland

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    • CMD
      CMD commented
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      It’s a rhyolite breccia. Meaning it resulted from a violent volcanic explosion.
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