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Tachylite
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1. tachylite
a basic or basalt glass
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Tachylite
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a black basaltic glass often found on the edges of intrusions of basalt
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Tachylite
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a kind of dark-colored, basaltic volcanic glass
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Tachylite
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A brown, black, or green volcanic glass formed from basaltic magma and often found along the edges of dikes, sills or volcanic flows, where rock usually forms first by contact with the cooler surrounding rock.
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