In
igneous petrology, eutaxitic texture describes the layered or banded texture in some
extrusive rock bodies. It is often caused by the compaction and flattening of glass
shards and
pumice
Pumice (), called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals. It is typically light-colored. Scoria is another vesicula ...
fragments around undeformed crystals.
See also
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References
Igneous rocks by texture
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