Tuffite

Tuffite is a tuff containing both pyroclastic and detrital materials, but predominantly pyroclasts.

According to IUGS definition tuffite contains 75% to 25% volcanic (epiclastic) material.

There are several classifications that define tuffite. The classification present in the IUGS recommendation are based on the definition established by Schmid (1981). Shvetsov defined tuffites as rocks containing 50-90% of the volcanic fragments. Tuffite should therefore contain more than half of volcanic material. If rock contains more than 75% to 90% of pyroclastic material it is referred to as tuff. Some other, mostly older sources state that tuffite may contain 10-50% volcanic material.