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Tuff and Evaporite Types and Facts

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Welded tuff, Rhyolitic tuff, Basaltic tuff, Trachyte tuff, Andesitic tuff and Ignimbrite.
Always found as volcanic pipes over deep continental crust
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Easter Island in the Polynesian Triangle, Pacific Ocean
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Sedimentary rock
Generally rough to touch, Splintery, Veined
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Types of Tuff and Evaporite

Some rocks according to their use or texture are classified into different types. Know more about Tuff Texture and Evaporite Texture. The types of Tuff and Evaporite are .During historic times, some rocks depending on their hardness were used to create Pictographs and Petroglyphs. Rocks which are hard were generally not used. Pictographs are paintings or drawings that have been placed or created on the surface of rock. Tuff and Evaporite were for creating pictographs. Petroglyph is an image which is carved into a rock. These are images created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving or abrading, as a form of rock art. Tuff and Evaporite were for creating petroglyphs.