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scoria::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | dross, slag |
| Type of | scum |
| Has types | basic slag |
Examples of scoria
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I don't know why I had always imagined we would have to scramble over bare scoria.
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We summit high on Mt Batur, where black scoria spills seem only recently deposited.
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The difference is the result of the lower viscosity of the magma that forms scoria.
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Though why unfriendly black asphalt, instead of the more cheery red scoria original?
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Rock largely composed of volcanic glass include obsidian, scoria and pumice.
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Install the coil on a bed of scoria around 100mm deep, sloping downward so water runs off.
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Layers of lava, scoria, volcanic ash, and pumice make up the mountain.
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The whites of the eyes were made of coral, the iris was made of obsidian or red scoria.
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Most scoria is composed of glassy fragments, and may contain phenocrysts.
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- Slag: the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
- Scoria is a textural term for macrovesicular volcanic rock. It is commonly, but not exclusively, basaltic or andesitic in composition. Scoria is light as a result of numerous macroscopic ellipsoidal vesicles, but most scoria has a specific gravity greater than 1, and sinks in water. ...
- (Scoriae) Abarat (2002) is a fantasy novel written and illustrated by Clive Barker, the first in Barker's The Books of Abarat series. It is aimed primarily at young adults. The title refers to the Abarat, a fictional archipelago which is the setting for the majority of the story.
- Scorias is a genus of fungi within the Capnodiaceae family. The genus was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1832.
- The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore; A porous rock that is formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater
- A frothy basaltic rock, full of small gas bubbles. Often a black or red colour.
- A type of volcanic rock (igneous rock) that can be found in Auckland and also Mount Tarawera. Generally associated with basaltic or andesitic volcanoes. It is dark in appearance and often contains holes formed by escaping gases.
- Dark volcanic rock containing cavities created by gas bubbles trapped in lava. Scoria is formed when blobs of gas-charged lava are thrown into the air during an eruption and cool in flight.
- Refers to the angular pebble-sized frothy fragments that have solidified while flying through the air. Lapilli (qv) is a more general term for pebble to granule sized ejecta. Finer material is referred to as ash, and coarser fragments as bombs or blocks. Tuff (qv) is the name for consolidated ash.
