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SCORIA (Lat. scoria, slag)

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 409 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SCORIA (See also:Lat. scoria, slag)  , in See also:geology, a name applied to See also:lava when moderately vesicular and having a structure like that of a See also:clinker . Ejected masses of scoriaceous lava are often called " cinders," a See also:term conveniently used for all lumps of vesicular lava (see See also:VOLCANO) .

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