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hyaloclastites

hyaloclastites is the plural of hyaloclastite.

Meaning of hyaloclastite

Noun

hyaloclastite (countable and uncountable, plural hyaloclastites)

  1. A type of volcanic rock containing glassy clasts, that is, fragments.
    • Explosive cooling and the sedimentation of glassy fragments results in a rock with a characteristic speckly texture known as hyaloclastite.2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 45

Questions about hyaloclastites

What is hyaloclastites the plural of?
Hyaloclastites is the plural of hyaloclastite.

Words near hyaloclastites in the dictionary

  1. hyalites
  2. hyalitis
  3. hyalo-
  4. hyaloclast
  5. hyaloclastite
  6. hyaloclastites
  7. hyaloclasts
  8. hyalocyte
  9. hyalocytes
  10. hyalodendrin
  11. hyalogen

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