pumice

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The pumice samples contained almost no platinum, with levels at or below detection limits.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

He died at Stabiae, a few miles south of Pompeii, gazing over a sea rendered unnavigable by pumice and strong opposing winds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The Paiute-Shoshone Indians later chipped away at the red pumice stone, which exposed the lighter rock minerals underneath, according to the Bureau of Land Management.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2025

Besides the acids and bacteria, the balls also contained volcanic rock pumice.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

Once her feet had been like balls of baked clay, but Sister Gladys had made her work on them with a pumice stone.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer