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Scoria

Scoria (pl. scoriae), also called volcanic cinder, is a pyroclastic, highly vesicular, dark-colored volcanic rock formed by ejection from a volcano as a molten blob and cooled in the air to form discrete grains called clasts. It is typically dark in color (brown, black, or purplish-red), and basaltic or andesitic in composition. The geological term…

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Classification
Mafic to intermediate
Primary
Volcanic glass
Secondary
Plagioclase, amphibole, pyroxene, magnetite, hematite, and olivine (forsterite)[citation needed]
Texture
Vesicular and glassy to aphanitic, sometimes porphyritic

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Scoria

Nodes61
Edges60
Triples29
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.032787
Components1

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related to Formation · 13
Scoria → An, As, Auckland, Australia, Far North Queensland, Maungarei, Mount Quincan, New Zealand, Quincan, Some, Te Tatua-a-Riukiuta, Vesicles, Volcanic
related to Uses · 7
Scoria → Another, Because, Europe, It, Japan, Oregon, Southwestern United States
related to External links · 3
Scoria → Media, Wikimedia Commons, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
Classification · 1
Scoria → Mafic to intermediate
Primary · 1
Scoria → Volcanic glass
Secondary · 1
Scoria → Plagioclase, amphibole, pyroxene, magnetite, hematite, and olivine (forsterite)[citation needed]
Texture · 1
Scoria → Vesicular and glassy to aphanitic, sometimes porphyritic
related to Comparisons · 1
Scoria → The

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vesicles also volcanic form rock basaltic cinder composition float taal vesicular volcano eruption magma used usually scoriae called color pumice

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
ScoriaClassificationMafic to intermediate1.00infobox
ScoriaPrimaryVolcanic glass1.00infobox
ScoriaSecondaryPlagioclase, amphibole, pyroxene, magnetite, hematite, and olivine (forsterite)[citation needed]1.00infobox
ScoriaTextureVesicular and glassy to aphanitic, sometimes porphyritic1.00infobox
termitesinstance ofit is also an effective barrier against tunneling pests0.80text
Scoriarelated to ComparisonsThe0.60section
Scoriarelated to External linksWiktionary-logo-en-v20.60section
Scoriarelated to External linksMedia0.60section
Scoriarelated to External linksWikimedia Commons0.60section
Scoriarelated to FormationAs0.60section
Scoriarelated to FormationSome0.60section
Scoriarelated to FormationVesicles0.60section

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