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Definition of Scoria

Scoria
Scoria Sco"ri*a, n.; pl. Scori[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? dung, ordure.] 1. The recrement of metals in fusion, or the slag rejected after the reduction of metallic ores; dross. 2. Cellular slaggy lava; volcanic cinders.

Meaning of Scoria from wikipedia

- Scoria 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...
- cinder cone (or scoria cone) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built...
- Look up scoria in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Scoria is a type of vesicular volcanic rock. Scoria may also refer to: Scoria (wrestler), Mexican wrestler...
- Scorias is a genus of fungi within the Capnodiaceae family. The genus was first described by Elias Magnus Fries in 1832. The fungus is known as sooty...
- Scoria bricks is a type of blue-grey brick made from slag, originally manufactured from the waste of the steelworks of Teesside, common across the North-East...
- Elvis Scoria (born 5 July 1971) is a Croatian former football player and manager. He pla**** for HNK Rijeka, Dinamo Zagreb (then called Croatia Zagreb)...
- Scorias spongiosa is a sooty mold fungus that grows on aphid honeydew. It is a member of the Capnodiaceae family of ascomycete fungi. It is found only...
- Mount Scoria Conservation Park is a park near Thangool, Queensland in Central Queensland, Australia, about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south-east of Biloela...
- statues on Easter Island. They were all carved from a very light-red volcanic scoria, which was quarried from a single source at Puna Pau. Pukao were not made...
- being tuff cones and rings. Cinder cones, also known as scoria cones and less commonly scoria mounds, are small, steep-sided volcanic cones built of loose...