Tuff (from the Italian tufo) is a type of rock made of volcanic ash ejected from a vent during a volcanic eruption. Following ejection and deposition, the ash is compacted into a solid rock in a process called consolidation. Tuff is sometimes called tufa, particularly when used as construction material, although tufa also refers to a quite different rock. Rock that contains greater than 50% tuff is considered tuffaceous.
Tuff is a relatively soft rock, so it has been used for construction since ancient times. Since it is common in Italy the Romans used it often for construction. The Rapa Nui people used it to make most of the moai statues in Easter Island.
Tuff can be classified as either sedimentary or igneous rocks. They are usually studied in the context of igneous petrology, although they are sometimes described using sedimentological terms.
The material that is expelled in a volcanic eruption can be classified into three types:
Tuffé is a commune in the Sarthe department in the region of Pays-de-la-Loire in north-western France.
Tuff is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
When you say it's dead and gone, yes, I know you're wrong
Cut and slash, sharpest knife, it won't die
Poison cup, drank it up, it won't die
No fire, no gun, no rope, no stone, it won't die
Why you gotta shove it in my face?
As if you put me in my place
'Cause I don't care if you or me is wrong or right
Ain't gonna spend another night in your bed, in your bed
Laws of man, are just pretend, they ain't mine
Love so good, love so bad, it won't die
Some talk too long, they know it all, I just smile and move on
Words ain't free like you and me, I don't mind
Why'd you have to be so mean and cruel?
The dogs are loose I'm on to you
You ball and chained together from the dawn to dusk
Can't call it leavin', 'cause it's just, I never came
I never came, I never came, I never came