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Definition of Volcanic glass

Volcanic glass
Volcanic Vol*can"ic, a. [Cf. F. volcanique, It. vulcanico.] 1. Of or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes; as, volcanic heat. 2. Produced by a volcano, or, more generally, by igneous agencies; as, volcanic tufa. 3. Changed or affected by the heat of a volcano. Volcanic bomb, a mass ejected from a volcano, often of molten lava having a rounded form. Volcanic cone, a hill, conical in form, built up of cinders, tufa, or lava, during volcanic eruptions. Volcanic foci, the subterranean centers of volcanic action; the points beneath volcanoes where the causes producing volcanic phenomena are most active. Volcanic glass, the vitreous form of lava, produced by sudden cooling; obsidian. See Obsidian. Volcanic mud, fetid, sulphurous mud discharged by a volcano. Volcanic rocks, rocks which have been produced from the discharges of volcanic matter, as the various kinds of basalt, trachyte, scoria, obsidian, etc., whether compact, scoriaceous, or vitreous.

Meaning of Volcanic glass from wikipedia

- Volcanic gl**** is the amorphous (uncrystallized) product of rapidly cooling magma. Like all types of gl****, it is a state of matter intermediate between...
- Obsidian (/əbˈsɪdi.ən, ɒb-/ əb-SID-ee-ən ob-) is a naturally occurring volcanic gl**** formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal...
- Volcanic ash consists of fragments of rock, mineral crystals, and volcanic gl****, produced during volcanic eruptions and measuring less than 2 mm (0.079 inches)...
- pozzolana, which can only be used for pozzolans of volcanic origin, primarily composed of volcanic gl****. Pozzolanas such as Santorin earth were used in...
- in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic gl****, which may or may not contain crystals...
- Tachylyte – Form of basaltic volcanic gl****Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets – Essentially a basaltic gl**** Tephriphonolite – Type of...
- (/ˈtækəlaɪt/ TAK-ə-lyte; also spelled tachylyte) is a form of basaltic volcanic gl****. This gl**** is formed naturally by the rapid cooling of molten basalt. It...
- consists mainly of shards of volcanic gl****, and tuff formed predominantly from gl**** shards is described as vitric tuff. The gl**** shards are typically either...
- Perlite is an amorphous volcanic gl**** that has a relatively high water content, typically formed by the hydration of obsidian. It occurs naturally and...
- been used extensively for construction. Obsidian, which is rhyolitic volcanic gl****, has been used for tools from prehistoric times to the present day because...