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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...
- about 8% of the Earth's current land surface. Lava Tephra Volcanic bomb Lapilli Volcanic ash Volcanic rocks are usually fine-grained or aphanitic to gl****...
- 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...
- 2. Strombolian eruptions consist of ejection of incandescent cinders, lapilli, and volcanic bombs, to altitudes of tens to a few hundreds of metres....
- accretionary lapilli is distinctive to phreatomagmatic deposits, and is a major factor for identification in the field. Accretionary lapilli form as a result...
- Malvasia grape vines growing in topsoil covered in lapilli, at La Geria, Lanzarote, Canary Islands. The low, curved walls protect the vines from the constant...
- Whelp Side. The lowest part of the formation here is the densely welded lapilli-tuff of the Thirlmere Member, in which the individual pieces of semi-molten...
- poorly sorted mixture of volcanic ash (or tuff when lithified) and pumice lapilli, commonly with scattered lithic fragments. The ash is composed of gl****...
- Roman chess (Latrunculi), Roman checkers (Calculi), Tic-tac-toe (Terni Lapilli), and Ludus duodecim scriptorum and Tabula, predecessors of backgammon...