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Scoria is also known as Clinker... scoria (clinker) has fractures that allow water to infiltrate
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Is scoria a sedimentary rock?
No. Scoria is an extrusive igneous rock.
Which countries have scoria?
Scoria is a dark colored, extrusive igneous rock with a vesicular texture. It can be found in all countries that have volcanoes.
What rock has air bubbles in it?
I may be wrong, but it might be volcanic rock.
What is the environment of scoria?
Scoria refers to a cindery, vesicular basaltic lava that is a dark colored volcanic rock. Its environment is typically near volcanoes.
Is Scoria rock igneous?
Yes,Scoria (a type of Basalt) Basalt is a dark-colored rock that formed as lava cooled and hardened. Scoria is a type of basalt that's full of bubble holes. The bubbles formed as the lava was blasted out of a volcano, and were trapped as the lava cooled and hardened.
Is scoria nutritious?
No. Scoria is rock. It is inedible.
Is scoria a sedimentary rock?
No. Scoria is an extrusive igneous rock.
Is scoria metamorphic?
no, extrusive because it is made by lava not magma.
What are the properties of scoria rock?
Scoria is a highly vesicular (porous), dark colored volcanic rock.
What is the color of scoria?
Scoria is usually reddish in color but may be black.
Are scoria and rhyolite the same in mineral composition?
Rhyolite is a rock type that is categorized by mineral composition. Scoria is a textural rock type. Like, Rhyolite can be smooth, or it can be scoria (sharper, bumpier, lots of vesicles).Think of it as a rock adjective.
Where is the lightest rock on earth found?
scoria
What is the luster of scoria rock?
Vitreous (glassy)
Is scoria a granite rock?
No. Scoria is a basaltic lava ejected as fragments from a volcano, typically with a frothy texture.
If a rock has many small holes what is it?
It is possibly a volcanic rock, for example scoria
Which countries have scoria?
Scoria is a dark colored, extrusive igneous rock with a vesicular texture. It can be found in all countries that have volcanoes.
Is scoria a fine grained rock?
Scoria is a volcanic igneous rock that is composed of approximately 50% silica and 10% calcium oxide and lesser contents of potash and soda. Its hardness on the Mohs scale is 5 - 6.
