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Pele's hair|ˈpiːliːz hɛə(r)|
[transl. of Hawaiian ranoho o Pele, hair of Pelé, the goddess of the volcano Kilauea.]
Volcanic glass from the volcano Kilauea, found in fine hair-like threads.
1849Dana Geol. Pacif. 200 Pele's Hair. 1861Bristow Gloss. Min. 276 Pele's Hair, lava blown by the wind..into hair-like fibers.
[a. Hawaiian pele lava flow, hence personified in Hawaiian mythology as the goddess of volcanoes.] Used in the possessive to designate types of volcanic glass found near the volcano Kilauea and subsequently elsewhere, as Pele's hair [tr. Hawaiian lauoho o Pele], volcanic glass in the form of spun threads of rapidly solidified lava; Pele's tears n. pl. [tr. Hawaiian waimaka o Pele], small drops of volcanic glass, usually tear-shaped or spheroidal, to which are attached strands of Pele's hair.
[1826W. Ellis Narr. Tour Hawaii ix. 224 We also found a quantity of volcanic glass drawn out into filaments as fine as human hair, and called by the natives Rauoho o Pélé, (hair of Pélé).] 1849J. D. Dana Geol. (U.S. Exploring Exped.) 179 At one of the pools, the formation of Pele's hair, or capillary volcanic glass, was in progress. 1861H. W. Bristow Gloss. Mineral. 276 Pélé's Hair, lava blown by the wind..into hair-like fibres. 1932Bull. Nat. Res. Council (U.S.) No. 39. 47 Pele's Tears, small glass drops with pendant threads, or pairs of drops arranged in dumb-bell fashion thrown out during eruptions of fluid magma, and commonly measuring a few millimeters in length. 1976P. Francis Volcanoes v. 162 (caption) Some typical Pele's tears from Hawaii, showing the wide variety of possible shapes. 1979Sci. Amer. Dec. 138/1 (caption) Tephra particles of this kind, called Pele's hair, are characteristically produced in lava fountains consisting of low-viscosity basaltic magma. |