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Tuff 0/2 mm

Neapolitan yellow tuff 0/2 mm is a volcanic rock with a high content of SiO₂, Al₂O₃, and K₂O. It resists oxidation and hydration and contains several minerals.

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Neapolitan yellow tuff 0/2 mm is a pyroclastic rock characterized by a predominance of ash in various grain sizes, with inclusions of pumice and lava fragments resulting from explosive eruptions at different volcanic centers. Moreover, since it consists mainly of oxides of aluminum, potassium, calcium, and magnesium, it does not undergo chemical processes of oxidation or hydration.

Average chemical analysis:
-SiO2: 60.0%
-Al2O3: 16.0%
-K2O: 3.0%
-Fe2O3 – FeO: 5.0%
-CaO: 2.0%
-Na2O: 3.0%
-MgO: 1.0%
-H2O: 10.0%

Mineralogical composition:
Its main minerals are phillipsite and chabazite for zeolites; smecite and illite for clays; while the few phenocrysts present are alkali feldspars, salitic clinopyroxenes or diopsides, biotite and plagioclase.

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