Hawaiians call the rough lava A’a

(like the sound you make when walking across to go fishing)

2 responses to “texture”

  1. And that’s exactly how we remembered which was which in our igneous geology class. I don’t remember a mnemonic for pahoehoe (the smooth lava) but I didn’t have trouble remembering the cool hawaiian names. Speaking of which, did you go fishing for humuhumunukunukuapua’a?

  2. A’a’a’a’a’a”aa’a”aaa’a’a’a’a

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