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Scoria or cinder is a pyroclastic, highly vesicular, dark-colored volcanic rock formed by ejection from a volcano as a molten blob and cooled in the air to form discrete grains called clasts. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is typically dark in color (brown, black or purplish-red), and basaltic or andesitic in composition.
Scoria bricks [a] is a type of blue-grey brick made from slag, originally manufactured from the waste of the steelworks of Teesside, common across the North-East of England. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The bricks were also exported around the world and can be found in Canada, West Indies , Netherlands, Belgium, United States, India and South America.
A cinder cone (or scoria cone [1]) is a steep conical hill of loose pyroclastic fragments, such as volcanic clinkers, volcanic ash, or scoria that has been built around a volcanic vent. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The pyroclastic fragments are formed by explosive eruptions or lava fountains from a single, typically cylindrical, vent.
It can be combined with glowing mushrooms to make Shroomite, a blue fungi-themed version of the same metal used in ranged weapons and armor, or with ectoplasm to create Spectre Bars, a glowing ghost-themed metal used in various magical weapons and mage armor. It replenishes itself over time by 'growing' into nearby materials. Chronoton (or ...
The geographical Rochfort Crater is the crater of the central scoria cone, [3] which is also associated with west and east ejecta rings. [ 6 ] To the east of the complex is the Mangawhero River and to its north forested land rises rapidly to the plateau like peak of Raetihi on the slopes of Mount Ruapehu whose central edifice is about 20 km (12 ...
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The recently active basaltic Kaikohe-Bay of Islands volcanic field in the Northland region of New Zealand is associated geographically with an older region of extinct volcanism to its north the Wairakau Volcanic Centre, meaning eruptions in this region have occurred over the last 20 million years. [1]
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