scoria

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The type of volcanic rock with common vesicles is called scoria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Lank shadows and stocky, the fluttering shadows of dresses, the ridiculous elongated shadows of trousered legs, darted and danced last week all over the reddish scoria of the Roland Garros Stadium courts near Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

We are terribly hot with our climb, but the air here is splendidly invigorating, and we turn to finish our last hit of a few hundred feet over loose lava, pumice, and scoria.

From Jack at Sea All Work and no Play made him a Dull Boy by Overend, William Heysham

All that fearful day and all the following night scoria and ashes continued to fall, the thunder never ceased, and the lightning was still incessant.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon

As yet the coarse scoria evolved from darkness, which makes it so difficult for the adult to embrace the mysteries of the spirit like a little child, had not formed around her.

From Spontaneous Activity in Education by Montessori, Maria