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Investigations of the acid volcanic rocks in New• Zealand have shown that the must promising perlite deposits are the glassy rhyolites of the Taupo-Rotorua and Tuirua districts. Tl,c Lest-grade rock is at Ongaroto, Maroa, Tairua, and Lake lfotoma. Large quantities …
Perlite is a glassy yolcanic roc~which 'fill upon rapid and controlled heating, expand or l:lpop" into a frothy material of low bulk density -valued as a ,lightweight aggregate. Occurrences and commercial• deposits of perli te are known throughout the world as well~exposed flows and domes of Tertiary and Quatern~ry age like most of ~he volcan…