A constituent fragment of a clastic rock.
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- Geochemical analyses of these clasts show that the eruption tapped two chemically distinct rhyolitic magmas.
- This is substantiated by the presence of eroded Permian carbonate clasts.
- The clasts in volcaniclastic rocks may range from fine ash to bombs and enormous blocks.
- The siltstones contain poorly sorted angular fragments of quartz, and angular clasts and cleavage fragments of plagioclase and alkali feldspar.
- The conglomerates contain a mixture of basement-derived clasts and large Upper Permian limestone clasts.