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Pumice is a volcanic rock that consists of highly vesicular rough textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals
From Old French pomis, from a Latin dialect variant of pumex
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Beige, Grey, Light Green, Light Grey, Pink, White, Yellow- grey
Decorative Aggregates, Flooring, Homes, Interior Decoration
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Garden Decoration, Paving Stone
As Dimension Stone, Cement Manufacture, for Road Aggregate, In landscaping and horticulture, Making natural cement, Production of lightweight concrete blocks
As an abrasive in skin exfoliating products, In Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industry, Medicines and Cosmetics
As a traction material on snow-covered roads, As an abrasive in pencil erasers, Fine abrasive used for polishing, Manufacture of Soap, Solvents, Dyes, Plastics and Fibres, Used in aquariums
Pumice rock forms when the magma cools so quickly that atoms in the melt are not able to arrange themselves into a crystalline structure.
Aluminum Oxides, Calcite, Carbonate, Iron Oxides, Silica
Al, Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Carbon Dioxide, MgO, Silicon Dioxide
Burial Metamorphism, Impact Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering, Mechanical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Glacier Erosion, Sea Erosion, Water Erosion, Wind Erosion
White, Greenish White or Grey
Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant
Afghanistan, Indonesia, Japan, Russia
Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Turkey
Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Jamaica, Mexico, USA
Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru
New Zealand, Western Australia
Diabase is a fine-grained igneous rock which is composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar
Christian Leopold von Buch
Fine Grained Rock, Medium Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Countertops, Decorative Aggregates, Homes, Interior Decoration, Kitchens
As Building Stone, As Facing Stone, Paving Stone, Garden Decoration, Office Buildings
As Dimension Stone, Building houses or walls, Cement Manufacture, Construction Aggregate, for Road Aggregate
Artifacts, Monuments, Sculpture, Small Figurines
An Oil and Gas Reservoir, Cemetery Markers, Commemorative Tablets, Laboratory bench tops, Jewelry, Sea Defence, Tombstones
Stonehenge in English county of Wiltshire
Diabase forms when molten igneous rock is squeezed up into a vertical crack in other rocks, the crack is usually forced apart and the molten rock cools in the space to form a tabular igneous intrusion cutting across the surrounding rocks and is known as a dike.
Augite, Chlorite, Olivine, Plagioclase, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite, Serpentine
Aluminium Oxide, CaO, Chromium(III) Oxide, Iron(III) Oxide, Potassium Oxide, MgO, Sodium Oxide, Silicon Dioxide, Sulfur Trioxide
Burial Metamorphism, Cataclastic Metamorphism, Contact Metamorphism, Regional Metamorphism
Biological Weathering, Chemical Weathering
Chemical Erosion, Coastal Erosion, Water Erosion
Heat Resistant, Impact Resistant, Pressure Resistant, Wear Resistant
Germany, Greece, Italy, Scotland, Turkey
Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela
Central Australia, New Zealand, Queensland, Western Australia