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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 or 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 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...
- with large or small vesicles (bubble-shaped cavities) such as in pumice, scoria, or vesicular basalt. Other examples of extrusive rocks are rhyolite and...
- 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)...
- Maungawhau / Mount Eden is a scoria cone and Tūpuna Maunga (ancestral mountain) in Mount Eden, Auckland, New Zealand. The cone is part of the Auckland...
- about 1,300 ft (400 m) deep. It is part of a maar and scoria cone complex in which the ****ociated scoria cones are constructed along a NNE-SSW line on either...
- 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...