1) Abrasive 2) Abrasive lava 3) Abrasive material 4) Abrasive rock 5) Abrasive stone stuff 6) Abrasive stuff 7) An abrasive 8) Cleaning stone 9) Common exfoliant ingredient 10) Exfoliant ingredient 11) Exfoliation material 12) Exfoliation stone 13) Exfoliation tool 14) French word used in English 15) Kind of abrasive
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1) Abrasive 2) Lava
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Light-colored, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas in erupting lava. Commonly seen as lumps or fragments of pea-size and larger, but can also occur abundantly as ash-sized particles.
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Light-colored, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas in erupting lava. Commonly seen as lumps or fragments of pea-size and larger, but can also occur abundantly as ash-sized particles.
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• (n.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone....
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Light-colored, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas in erupting lava. Commonly seen as lumps or fragments of pea-size and larger, but can also occur abundantly as ash-sized particles.
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a very porous, frothlike volcanic glass that has long been used as an abrasive in cleaning, polishing, and scouring compounds. It is also employed as ... [2 related articles]
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A light and porous lava. Used in solid and powdered form as an abrasive.
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Dacitic pumice fragments erupted by Mount Pinatubo, Philippines, during an enormous eruption on 15 June 1991. Credit: W. E. Scott / U.S. Geological Survey A light, porous volcanic rock that forms during explosive eruptions. It resembles a sponge because it consists of a network of gas bubbles f...
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<chemical> A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray colour, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, especially. In the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. ... Synonym:...
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(pum´is) a substance consisting of silicates of aluminum, potassium, and sodium; used in dentistry as an abrasive.
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Light-colored, frothy volcanic rock, usually of dacite or rhyolite composition, formed by the expansion of gas in erupting lava. Commonly seen as lumps or fragments of pea-size and larger, but can also occur abundantly as ash-sized particles.
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A vesicular volcanic glass of granitic composition. It has so many vesicles that it has a very low s
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Pum'ice noun [ Latin
pumex ,
pumicis , probably akin to
spuma foam: confer Anglo-Saxon
pumic- stān. Confer
Pounce a powder,
Spume .]
(Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and paral...
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A rock consisting of frothy natural glass.
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a light, porous volcanic rock that forms during explosive eruptions; all types of magma form pumice
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Pumice is a light igneous volcanic rock used as a scourer, abrasive, polisher and in the manufacture of soundproofing tiles. Pumice can occur in any type of lava, but is more common in rhyolite and trachyte than in basalt. Pumice is formed from molten lava that cools so quickly that it doesn't have time to form either crystals or glass. Pumice may ...
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A solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano. Pumice has a low density and floats on water.
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An exceptionally cellular, glassy lava, resembling a solid froth.
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A light vesicular form of volcanic glass with a high silica content; it is usually light in color and will float on water.
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See under soil type. Floor type Next to climate and grape variety, one of the most important factors influencing the quality of wine. The different soil types have developed over millions of years through physical and chemical weathering of rocks and through humification of organic matter. During physical weathering, natural forces such as win...
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A light porous stone of mixed silicates.
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pumice stone noun a light glass formed on the surface of some lavas; used as an abrasive
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Light volcanic rock produced by the frothing action of expanding gases during the solidification of lava. It has the texture of a hard sponge and is used as an abrasive
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An exceptionally cellular glassy lava resembling a solid froth.
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