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n. - Volcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits adj. - Shaped like an almond.

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  • TETZONTLI, porous amygdaloid lava, a stone much used for building in
  • A nodule of amygdaloid, a coarse pebble enveloped in a whitish semi-crystalline paste, lies on the table before me.
  • She listens as to a fairy tale, and then I tell her of the stellar crystals concealed in the rough crust of the amygdaloid.
  • Florida levels, still lingers; and presently, amid bits of syenite, volcanic tuff and scoria, she has found this nodule of amygdaloid.
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