agglomerate
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Agglomerate, Kootznahoo Formation, Southeastern Alaska. Credit: USGS
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A coarse volcanic rock made up of both rounded and angular fragments of lava in a matrix of smaller, often ashy, particles. It thus combines the characteristics of conglomerates and breccias.
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