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

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

The six sat in the shade of a huge bowlder that had broken off and rolled down the side of the red scoria butte.

From The Free Range by Duer, Douglas

Indeed, it was a glen no longer, but filled entirely up with fallen rocks, lava, and scoria.

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