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
To investigate, researchers analyzed 17 samples of volcanic pumice from Laacher See deposits.
From Science Daily
He died at Stabiae, a few miles south of Pompeii, gazing over a sea rendered unnavigable by pumice and strong opposing winds.
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
Besides the acids and bacteria, the balls also contained volcanic rock pumice.
From BBC
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