For this Valentine's Day...I offer nature's expression of attraction...a melding of #ejecta, the lingering heat of placement, and mechanical comingling...the #Agglomerate.

Conglomerate and agglomerate are synonyms, except when used as business and geological terms. For geology, an agglomerate is "a mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat".

In this case, the slug of molten material gathers angular blocks and bombs as it is carried downslope or along the top/sides of molten lava flows. This comingling and agglomeration is likened to the gathering of snow crystals as snowballs are formed.

You might say the heat and attraction and falling/rolling comingling are the closest to passion that is expressed in rocks....rocks falling into permanent embrace.

#Rocks #Passion #Geology #Oregon #GeologyHumor #Volcano #Ejecta