: a rock composed of the finer kinds of volcanic detritus usually fused together by heat
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The collection also includes a gamelan and other musical instruments, a 19th-century star calendar created to predict the likely destiny of a person born on a certain day, and a duo of 17th-century celestial royal maidens carved from pink volcanic tuff stone.
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Ashlea Halpern, TIME, 25 July 2024
The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine.
—David Laskin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
The mixture slowly cooled and fused into a tuff of rhyolite.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Diamond Head — a volcanic tuff cone — is just plain cool.
—Genevieve Ko, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024
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Ashlea Halpern, TIME, 25 July 2024
The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine.
—David Laskin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2024
The mixture slowly cooled and fused into a tuff of rhyolite.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2024
Diamond Head — a volcanic tuff cone — is just plain cool.
—Genevieve Ko, Travel + Leisure, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Tuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tuff. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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