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单词 volcanic glass
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Definition of volcanic glass in English:

volcanic glass

noun
  • another term for obsidian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • That layer holds minute grains of carbonate rock and volcanic glass.
    • Even worse is the fact that volcanic glass found in the ash can form hard deposits in the engines and cause failure.
    • Detrital grains of quartz, altered feldspars, laumontite, chlorite, volcanic glass shards and rock fragments make up 5-45% of this horizon.
    • It turned out to be minute beads of volcanic glass.
    • They result from nonequilibrium crystallization from the devitrification of volcanic glass, which is postulated to occur at relatively high temperatures following compaction and welding of a hot rhyolitic ash flow.
    • And also, within the stone artefacts we found pieces of obsidian and there's no volcanic glass on Norfolk, and this was sourced as coming from the Kermadec Islands.
    • I grope blindly and my hand finds a paperweight on the end table, a lump of volcanic glass that Emily picked up on our honeymoon in Hawaii.
    • Zeolite minerals are diagenetic products formed from the breakdown of volcanic glass and minerals by fluids circulating through the rocks.
    • He uses local tools: a sharp blade for scraping the outside of the skin, a light piece of volcanic glass for reducing it to the appropriate thickness by removing its upper layers, and a needle and thread.
    • In 1976 and 1986, the volcano vaulted clouds of ash - a mixture of rock, crystals, and volcanic glass - over Anchorage, coating streets and disrupting air traffic.
    • One of the most significant finds was large quantities of obsidian - a kind of black volcanic glass used like flint for tools - which had come from the Aegean island of Melos.
    • Made up of minute shards of volcanic glass, the ash clouds that drifted across Nebraska from the west were abrasive and dangerous.
    • The presence of zeolites such as laumontite, prehnite and pumpellyite indicates diagenetic alteration from original volcanic components of the palaeosols such as volcanic glass.
    • Zeolite is a common product of volcanic glass weathering, but may also be related to opal-CT (chert, radiolarian) alteration.
    • As the lava cools and crystallizes, however, crystals that measure between half a millimeter and tens of millimeters in diameter can retain droplets of ‘melt,’ or still-molten volcanic glass.
    • Originally, carvers worked mostly with sharpened stone tools, while details were cut with flakes of volcanic glass (obsidian).

Definition of volcanic glass in US English:

volcanic glass

noun
  • another term for obsidian
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Originally, carvers worked mostly with sharpened stone tools, while details were cut with flakes of volcanic glass (obsidian).
    • That layer holds minute grains of carbonate rock and volcanic glass.
    • In 1976 and 1986, the volcano vaulted clouds of ash - a mixture of rock, crystals, and volcanic glass - over Anchorage, coating streets and disrupting air traffic.
    • They result from nonequilibrium crystallization from the devitrification of volcanic glass, which is postulated to occur at relatively high temperatures following compaction and welding of a hot rhyolitic ash flow.
    • He uses local tools: a sharp blade for scraping the outside of the skin, a light piece of volcanic glass for reducing it to the appropriate thickness by removing its upper layers, and a needle and thread.
    • As the lava cools and crystallizes, however, crystals that measure between half a millimeter and tens of millimeters in diameter can retain droplets of ‘melt,’ or still-molten volcanic glass.
    • And also, within the stone artefacts we found pieces of obsidian and there's no volcanic glass on Norfolk, and this was sourced as coming from the Kermadec Islands.
    • Even worse is the fact that volcanic glass found in the ash can form hard deposits in the engines and cause failure.
    • The presence of zeolites such as laumontite, prehnite and pumpellyite indicates diagenetic alteration from original volcanic components of the palaeosols such as volcanic glass.
    • It turned out to be minute beads of volcanic glass.
    • Zeolite minerals are diagenetic products formed from the breakdown of volcanic glass and minerals by fluids circulating through the rocks.
    • I grope blindly and my hand finds a paperweight on the end table, a lump of volcanic glass that Emily picked up on our honeymoon in Hawaii.
    • Zeolite is a common product of volcanic glass weathering, but may also be related to opal-CT (chert, radiolarian) alteration.
    • Made up of minute shards of volcanic glass, the ash clouds that drifted across Nebraska from the west were abrasive and dangerous.
    • Detrital grains of quartz, altered feldspars, laumontite, chlorite, volcanic glass shards and rock fragments make up 5-45% of this horizon.
    • One of the most significant finds was large quantities of obsidian - a kind of black volcanic glass used like flint for tools - which had come from the Aegean island of Melos.
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