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    Palagonite is an alteration product from the interaction of water with volcanic glass of chemical composition similar to basalt. Palagonite can also result...
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    tachylyte. Palagonite, an alteration product of basaltic glass. Hyaloclastite, a hydrated tuff-like breccia of sideromelane and palagonite. Pele's hair...
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  • (IMA/CNMNC valid mineral name) Ozokerite, a black waxy hydrocarbon mixture Palagonite Pearl, organically produced carbonate Pele's hair Petroleum, liquid, organic...
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    Sideromelane is a vitreous basaltic volcanic glass, usually occurring in palagonite tuff, for which it is characteristic. It is a less common form of tachylite...
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    processes. Palagonite tuffs are found also among the older volcanic rocks. In Iceland a broad stretch of these rocks, described as "the palagonite formation...
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    They are made up of lava plateaus capping extensive pillow lavas and palagonite. These volcanoes are also called table mountains, tuyas, or (in Iceland)...
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    than 1% of the edifice. Ice-lava interactions produced hyaloclastite, palagonite and sideromelane. No major changes in magma chemistry occurred during...
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  • progressive erosion by flowing water from glaciers through the rocks and palagonite over millennia. A waterfall flows down the western side of the canyon...
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    built up in submarine eruptions and consist of alternating layers of palagonite tuff and lava. The oldest geological formations are in the northern part...
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    cause them. The products of Surtseyan eruptions are generally oxidized palagonite basalts (though andesitic eruptions do occur, albeit rarely), and like...
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