Large, coarse, angular rock fragments associated with lava flow that are ejected during explosive volcanic eruptions.
Although they may appear to resemble sedimentary igneous rocks that consist almost wholly of angular or rounded lava fragments of varying size and shape. Some geologists sort agglomerates into bombs , blocks, and {{link=breccia">breccia . Bombs are ejected in a molten state, becoming rounded upon solidification, and blocks are erupted as solid fragments. Upon accumulation and solidification of the angular fragments (also known as pyroclastics), they form agglomerates.