scoria|scoriae in English

noun

[sco·ri·a || 'skɔːrɪə]

slag, waste material that remains after smelting metal; variety of light lava stone similar to pumice

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1. Scoria can be used for high-temperature insulation.

2. Scoria may form as part of a lava flow, typically near its surface, or as fragmental ejecta (lapilli, blocks and bombs), for instance in Strombolian eruptions that form steep-sided scoria cones.

3. The deposit is composed of Basaltic to andesitic vesiculated pyroclasts (scoria) lying near the eruptive vent

4. Sunset Crater, located about 25 km (15 mi) northeast of Flagstaff, Arizona, is one of the youngest scoria cones in the contiguous United States and is the youngest of about 600 such cones in …

5. A cinder cone is a steep, conical hill of volcanic fragments that accumulate around and downwind from a vent. The rock fragments, often called cinders or scoria, are glassy and contain numerous gas bubbles 'frozen' into place as magma exploded into the air and then cooled quickly.

6. Building materials, in particular natural and artificial stone, blast furnace slag gravel, blast furnace coarse crushed slag, scoria, bituminous road-building materials, washed gravel and gravel chippings, set, adhesive plaster, interior plaster, exterior plaster, repair plaster, in particular with a lime, cement or plaster base, in particular with plastic admixtures, dry mortar, dry concrete, liquid screed, stucco, marine rubble