volcanic glass

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volcanic
adjective
uk
/vɒlˈkæn.ɪk/us
/vɑːlˈkæn.ɪk/
of, relating to, or made by a volcano (= a mountain with a hole at the top through which hot liquid rock is or has been ...
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glass
noun
uk
/ɡlɑːs/us
/ɡlæs/
a hard, transparent material, used to make windows, bottles, and ...
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In fact, my broken bits ofvolcanicglassare mostly unsuccessful and discarded attempts at arrowheads, rather than the finished thing.
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Volcanicglassis another material that microorganisms have been observed attached to and boring into, and which contain high amounts of reduced iron.
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Because obsidian is a natural,volcanicglass, and its surface is usually more vulnerable than that of chert, striations form more readily on the surface of obsidian than on chert.
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Calcite and aragonite contain many iron oxides/oxyhydroxides, manganese oxides or parts of altered basalt/volcanicglass/palagonite.
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Some fiamme are formed from flattened hot, relatively low viscosity, high porosity fragments ofvolcanicglassor pumice.
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Nowadays the definition of pozzolana encompasses any volcanic material (pumice or volcanic ash), predominantly composed of finevolcanicglass, that is used as a pozzolan.
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Instead, those in search of obsidian arrived by boat, beaching it in a suitable cove and cutting pieces of thevolcanicglassfrom the quarries.
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However, any precise record ofvolcanicglassor fine-scale jointing has probably been worn away by erosion.
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The site includes a house platform, a walled enclosure, a debris pile withvolcanicglassand marine shells, and a larger wall.
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Archeological evidence shows activity for hundreds of years, including gathering ofvolcanicglassto use as cutting tools.
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It is avolcanicglasswith a conchoidal fracture (like glass), a resinous lustre, or silky in some cases, and a variable composition.
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The metal oxides are ferruginous with ferromanganese oxides, clays, carbonates,volcanicglassand pelagic sediments.
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Particles ofvolcanicglasscalled tachylite were created as the water turned to steam and explosively fragmented the hot magma.
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Volcanicglassweathers rapidly, providing an ample supply of soluble silica to cement the underlying soil.
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Volcanic ash deposits containing large amounts ofvolcanicglassor zeolites are more reactive than quartz sands or detrital clay minerals.
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The major component isvolcanicglasstypically present in quantities over 50 wt%.
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The basalt mineralogy consists of mainly of plagioclase, augite, magnetite, some ilmenite andvolcanicglass.
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Soils with duripans are often geographically associated with areas of volcanic activity, and show evidence of ash orvolcanicglassdeposition.
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Even now thevolcanicglasscan be found on the sides of the mountain.
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Thevolcanicglassbubbles burst and are dispersed by the wind, showering flakes of glass downwind.
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