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Lapilli   Listen
noun
Lapilli  n. pl.  (Min.) Volcanic ashes, consisting of small, angular, stony fragments or particles.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... by the outrush of steam. But the most important fragmental materials are those derived from the lava itself. As lava rises in the pipe, the steam which permeates it is released from pressure and explodes, hurling the lava into the air in fragments of all sizes,—large pieces of scoria, LAPILLI (fragments the size of a pea or walnut), volcanic "sand" and volcanic "ashes." The latter resemble in appearance the ashes of wood or coal, but they are not in any sense, like them, ...
— The Elements of Geology • William Harmon Norton



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