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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 (
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Lat. scoria, slag)  , in
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geology, a name applied to
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lava when moderately vesicular and having a structure like that of a
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clinker . Ejected masses of scoriaceous lava are often called " cinders," a
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term conveniently used for all lumps of vesicular lava (see
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VOLCANO) .

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