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Pele's hair
A natural spun glass formed by blowing-out during quiet fountaining of fluid lava, cascading lava falls, or turbulent flows, sometimes in association with Pele's tear pyroclast. A single strand, with a diameter of less than 1/2 mm, may be as long as 2 m. Etymol: Pele, Hawaiian goddess of fire.
- Kalbos dalis: noun
- Pramonės šaka / sritis: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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