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Definition of Lapilli

Lapilli
Lapilli La*pil"li, n. pl. [L. lapillus a little stone, dim. of lapis stone.] (Min.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.

Meaning of Lapilli from wikipedia

- Lapilli (sg.: la****s) is a size classification of tephra, which is material that falls out of the air during a volcanic eruption or during some meteorite...
- Terrabacter lapilli is a species of Gram-positive, nonmotile, non-endospore-forming bacteria. Cells are short rods. It was initially isolated from a small...
- through the air. Lapilli – Rock fragments between 2 and 64 mm in diameter, formed from lava droplets or broken volcanic material. Lapilli can ac****ulate...
- different sizes are classified (from smallest to largest) as volcanic ash, lapilli, or volcanic blocks (or, if they exhibit evidence of having been hot and...
- commonly basaltic and fragments into small pyroclasts (known as 'ash' and 'lapilli'), and these ac****ulate around the crater to form a small cone or ring-shaped...
- poorly sorted mixture of volcanic ash (or tuff when lithified) and pumice lapilli, commonly with scattered lithic fragments. The ash is composed of gl****...
- 2. Strombolian eruptions consist of ejection of incandescent cinders, lapilli, and volcanic bombs, to altitudes of tens to a few hundreds of metres....
- term is descriptive and non-genetic. Fiamme are most typical of welded lapilli-tuffs and are commonly found in ****ociation with eutaxitic textures, best...
- (35 to 50 ft) thick and is made of sandstone that contains accretionary lapilli and many dark green gl****y fragments of mafic composition. The member records...
- situated in the village of Guatiza, in a former quarry where volcanic sand lapilli (volcanic pyroclast, locally called "picón" or "rofe") was extracted to...