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Rapilli

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volcanic ashnoun(geology) Fragments of pulverized rock, minerals and volcanic glass created during a volcanic eruption.
pyroclastic rocknoun(volcanology) Any rock formed by the accumulation of fragmented volcanic material (pyroclasts) ejected during explosive eruptions.
pyroclasticnounA rock mostly composed of rock fragments of volcanic origin.
pumicitenounA fine-grained pumice-like volcanic ash.
ignimbritenoun(geology) A deposit left by a pyroclastic flow from a volcano, consisting of ash, pumice lapilli, and lithic fragments.
pumicenounA light, porous type of pyroclastic igneous rock, formed during explosive volcanic eruptions when liquid lava is ejected into water or air as a froth containing masses of gas bubbles, which are frozen into the rock as the lava solidifies.
scorianounThe slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
volcanitenoun(obsolete) A volcanic rock
lavanounThe molten rock ejected by a volcano from its crater or fissured sides; magma that has breached the surface of the earth.
cindersnoun(geology, plural only) Fragments of lava; scoria.
malapinounA kind of volcanic vesicular basalt rock.
peperinonoun(geology) A light, porous volcanic rock composed of small grains of sand etc.
tuffitenoun(petrology) A rock predominantly but not solely composed of pyroclastic fragments.
volcanicOf or pertaining to a volcano or volcanoes.
pelitenoun(geology) A sedimentary rock containing very fine particles.
tephranoun(geology) The solid material thrown into the air by a volcanic eruption that settles on the surrounding areas.
ruditenounpsephite
picrobasaltnounpicrite
pumice stonenounpumice (substance)
volcaniclasticnoun(geology) A clastic rock chiefly composed of volcanic materials

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