pumice
Example Sentences
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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
They had also visited Pompeii, the ancient Italian city buried under volcanic ash and pumice when Mt.
From Los Angeles Times
A wide residential and commercial block, known as "Region 9", is being cleared of several metres of overlying pumice and ash thrown out by Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago.
From BBC
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