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Kōrero: Geology – overview

Ignimbrite at Cathedral Cove

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Ignimbrite at Cathedral Cove

This close-up of the ignimbrite at Cathedral Cove shows that it is made of angular blocks of pumice in a fine-grained matrix of rhyolitic volcanic ash. The coin gives an idea of scale.

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by Simon Nathan

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Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, Geology – overview – New Zealand reborn, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/8384/ignimbrite-at-cathedral-cove (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Eileen McSaveney rāua ko Simon Nathan, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.