volcanic glass

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volcanic glass (countable and uncountable, plural volcanic glasses)

  1. A natural glass produced by the cooling of molten lava, or a liquid fraction of it, too rapidly to permit crystallization.

References

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  • United States Bureau of Mines, Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms (1996).)