How to Use volcanic glass in a Sentence

volcanic glass

noun

• The ash, which is volcanic glass, doesn't stay in the atmosphere for long, maybe hours to weeks.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
• It is made of dense white clouds of steam, toxic gas and tiny shards of volcanic glass.
  — Jae C. Hong and Audrey McAvoy, chicagotribune.com, 22 May 2018
• Volcanic ash is made of tiny fragments of rock and volcanic glass.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 14 Sep. 2020
• Made out of hydrochloric acid, steam, and shards of volcanic glass, the gas is hazardous to anyone who breathes it.
  — Rachel Becker, The Verge, 22 May 2018
• Glass Buttes is one of the best places in Oregon to find — and legally gather — the volcanic glass known as obsidian.
  — oregonlive, 3 June 2021
• Volcanic ash is made of volcanic glass, crystals and rock fragments.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
• This luxe version is made from natural volcanic glass, and has a handle dipped in rose gold.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day, 17 Aug. 2022
• The volcanic ash coming from the explosions are small particles of rock and volcanic glass, and can be spread far by winds.
  — Jason Hanna, CNN, 10 May 2018
• In addition, Pele's hair, or strands of volcanic glass, are falling in the Saddle Road area, officials said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2022
• When mixtures of volcanic ash, lava and volcanic glass called pumice react with water, a hard, crusty salt layer can form.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Mar. 2023
• The nearly 500-year-old mirror, made from volcanic glass, had spiritual significance for the Aztecs -- and Dee used it in a spooky way.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 9 Oct. 2021
• Obsidian is a smooth volcanic glass that makes such sharp edges that it's still used in some modern surgical tools.
  — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2018
• Volcanic ash produced by small explosions from the volcano is a mixture of tiny spheres and shards of volcanic glass, including Pele's hair.
  — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 1 June 2018
• The lava's entry into the ocean was also producing laze -- a hazardous mix of acidic steam, hydrochloric acid gas and tiny shards of volcanic glass.
  — Faith Karimi, CNN, 8 June 2018
• In a very real way, pumice, which is mostly volcanic glass, is a snapshot of the magma that is violently exploding out of the volcano.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 24 Nov. 2021
• But at The Smokehouse, those lamb ribs overcame society’s judgmental scorn with tender meat and a finish like volcanic glass ($14.99 a pound).
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Mar. 2018
• On Earth, hydrated silica can form in a variety of environments, like in volcanic glass and on the ocean floor.
  — Erika K. Carlson, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2019
• Officials at the time warned residents about laze, a nasty mashup of lava and haze that sends hydrochloric acid and volcanic glass particles into the air.
  — Mitchell McCluskey, CNN, 7 June 2023
• As minutes became hours, waves choked with shards of volcanic glass and splintered rock rippled back and forth, coating the peaks in a layer of impact rock called suevite, the scientists said.
  — Fox News, 10 Sep. 2019
• When this happens, water boils away, and the resulting reactions produce a noxious plume of steam, hydrochloric acid, and shards of volcanic glass.
  — Maya Wei-Haas, Smithsonian, 25 May 2018
• Plumes of volcanic gas, including sulfur dioxide, rise into the air, and delicate strands of volcanic glass, called Pele’s hair, float downwind.
  — David Culver, CNN, 5 Dec. 2022
• Within hours, if not minutes, the land would have been pummeled by black volcanic glass that rained from above, killing animals such as rhinoceroses, camels, and horses that roamed the region, and destroying plants.
  — Shannon Hall, Scientific American, 15 June 2020
• Carved from obsidian, or volcanic glass, thousands of the triangular objects, known as mata'a, litter the surface of the island.
  — Fox News, 11 Feb. 2020
• Dust masks have been distributed to 5,000 people living near Barujari to help mitigate against breathing in the volcanic ash (which is really tiny shards of volcanic glass).
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2015
• Gone were the bouquets of tube worms, whirling octopuses, and meandering fish, all replaced by gleaming curtains of volcanic glass.
  — Sabrina Imbler, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2021
• Lava from the volcano has also been spewing a deadly plume containing tiny particles of volcanic glass.
  — James Rogers, Fox News, 13 June 2018
• At its core, this question is equivalent to asking when magma from below will travel up through a conduit (the pipe between the magma and the surface opening) and break through, as lava flows and ash, as volcanic glass and bombs.
  — Robin George Andrews, Wired, 6 June 2021
• Strands of volcanic glass called as Pele's hair was accumulating on the ground in Leilani Estates and surrounding neighborhoods, and winds may blow lighter particles farther away, scientists said.
  — Caleb Jones, Fox News, 1 June 2018
• Strands of volcanic glass called as Pele’s hair was accumulating on the ground in Leilani Estates and surrounding neighborhoods, and winds may blow lighter particles farther away, scientists said.
  — Washington Post, 30 May 2018
• But the analysis showed that the volcanic glass came from seven places, including Nemrut Dağ, a dormant volcano that was more than 1,000 miles from the excavation sites in what is now southeastern Turkey and in Armenia.
  — Jim Robbins, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024