Meaning of fiamma | Babel Free

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A "flame structure" found in welded ignimbrite and tuff: a small, dark lens of glassy material (possibly pumice which was compressed or collapsed during welding).

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“[…] black glass from "fiamma" of ignimbrites from Zavaritzkiy caldera in Simushir Is.”

“[…] the largest fiamma in the centre of the photograph has responded in a brittle fashion to […]”

“[…] lenticular "fiamme" of dense black glass. In (d), devitrification has produced radiating spherulites that have grown outward from centers around phenocrysts and across the original shards of glass.”

“[…] total phenocryst content in fiamme of pyroclastic rocks and in matrix of coherent rhyolitic rocks; data see Tables 1 and 2; (d) aspect ratio v. maximum particle size (mps) of fiamme (note: this diagram shows field measurements not presented in tables […]”

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