pumice
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Finds included bone pegs for stretching vellum as it dried, and tools such as knives and pumice stones for scraping and smoothing animal hides.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
To investigate, researchers analyzed 17 samples of volcanic pumice from Laacher See deposits.
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
I want to go back to the house and up to the bathroom and scrub and scrub, with the harsh soap and the pumice, to get every trace of this smell off my skin.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Vocabulary lists containing pumice
Earth Science - Middle School
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