scoriaceous
- a word derived from scoria.
Example Sentences
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Presently the mules encountered some pretty bad going, on a steep slope covered with huge lava boulders and scoriaceous sand.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
Near them is the red sandstone, lying under the basalt, and baked to a scoriaceous cinder.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 363, December 16, 1882 by Various
We climbed slowly around the lower spurs of Coropuna into a bleak desert wilderness of lava blocks and scoriaceous sand, the Red Desert, or Pampa Colorada.
From Inca Land Explorations in the Highlands of Peru by Bingham, Hiram
Thus, in most cases, a bed of lava is scoriaceous as well below as above.
From Geology by Geikie, James
Their surfaces are rough, and fissured with branching cracks; their internal structure is either irregularly scoriaceous and compact, or it presents a symmetrical and very curious appearance.
From Volcanic Islands by Darwin, Charles
