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Scoria is a dark-colored extrusive igneous rock with abundant round bubble-like cavities
From late Middle English (denoting slag from molten metal), from Greek skōria refuse, from skōr dung
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Fine Grained Rock, Opaque Rock
Harzburgite is a plutonic rock of the peridotite group consisting largely of orthopyroxene and olivine
From the name of a town in Harzburg, Germany
Durable Rock, Medium Hardness Rock
Coarse Grained Rock, Opaque Rock