Perlite is a glassy yolcanic rock which will upon Tap id and controlled heating, expand or ''pop" into a frothy aterial of low bulk density -valued as a lightweight aggregate. Occurrences and commercial deposits of perli te are iknown throughout the world as well~exposed flows and domes of Tertiary and Quaternary age like most of the -volcanic …
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 …