Pumice, the Glossary
Pumice, called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of extremely vesicular rough-textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals.[1]
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117 relations: Abrasive, Acid, Aeolian Islands, Alkali, Ancestral Puebloans, Ancient Rome, Andes, Andesite, Aqueduct (bridge), Argentina, Arizona, Basalt, Bishop Tuff, Borax, Cactus, Caldera, California, Callus, Carbon dioxide, Chile, Chinchilla, Clay, Concrete, Concrete block, Crater Lake, Crystal, Dacite, Dental plaque, Ductility, Dust bathing, Egypt, Eraser, Erosion, Ethiopia, Exfoliation (cosmetology), Extrusive rock, Felsic, Fiamme, Fiji, Frederic Wood Jones, Fungus, Havre Seamount, Idaho, Igneous rock, Ignimbrite, Insect, Jeans, Jemez Mountains, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kansas, ... Expand index (67 more) »
- Abrasives
- Personal hygiene products
- Vitreous rocks
Abrasive
An abrasive is a material, often a mineral, that is used to shape or finish a workpiece through rubbing which leads to part of the workpiece being worn away by friction. Pumice and abrasive are abrasives.
Acid
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.
See Pumice and Acid
Aeolian Islands
The Aeolian Islands (Isole Eolie; Ìsuli Eoli), sometimes referred to as the Lipari Islands or Lipari group after their largest island, are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, said to be named after Aeolus, the mythical ruler of the winds.
See Pumice and Aeolian Islands
Alkali
In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.
Ancestral Puebloans
The Ancestral Puebloans, also known as the Anasazi, were an ancient Native American culture that spanned the present-day Four Corners region of the United States, comprising southeastern Utah, northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southwestern Colorado.
See Pumice and Ancestral Puebloans
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
See Pumice and Andes
Andesite
Andesite is a volcanic rock of intermediate composition. Pumice and Andesite are volcanic rocks.
Aqueduct (bridge)
Aqueducts are bridges constructed to convey watercourses across gaps such as valleys or ravines.
See Pumice and Aqueduct (bridge)
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
Arizona
Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a landlocked state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
Basalt
Basalt is an aphanitic (fine-grained) extrusive igneous rock formed from the rapid cooling of low-viscosity lava rich in magnesium and iron (mafic lava) exposed at or very near the surface of a rocky planet or moon. Pumice and Basalt are Industrial minerals and volcanic rocks.
Bishop Tuff
The Bishop Tuff is a welded tuff which formed 764,800 ± 600 years ago as a rhyolitic pyroclastic flow during the approximately six-day eruption that formed the Long Valley Caldera.
Borax
Borax (also referred to as sodium borate, tincal and tincar) is a salt (ionic compound), a hydrated or anhydrous borate of sodium, with the chemical formula (also written as). It is a colorless crystalline solid that dissolves in water to make a basic solution.
See Pumice and Borax
Cactus
A cactus (cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales.
Caldera
A caldera is a large cauldron-like hollow that forms shortly after the emptying of a magma chamber in a volcanic eruption. Pumice and caldera are igneous rocks.
California
California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.
Callus
A callus (calluses) is an area of thickened and sometimes hardened skin that forms as a response to repeated friction, pressure, or other irritation.
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound with the chemical formula.
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.
See Pumice and Chile
Chinchilla
Chinchillas are either of two species (Chinchilla chinchilla and Chinchilla lanigera) of crepuscular rodents of the parvorder Caviomorpha, and are native to the Andes mountains in South America.
Clay
Clay is a type of fine-grained natural soil material containing clay minerals (hydrous aluminium phyllosilicates, e.g. kaolinite, Al2Si2O5(OH)4).
See Pumice and Clay
Concrete
Concrete is a composite material composed of aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement that cures to a solid over time.
Concrete block
A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various other terms, is a standard-size rectangular block used in building construction.
Crater Lake
Crater Lake (Klamath: Giiwas) is a volcanic crater lake in south-central Oregon in the Western United States.
Crystal
A crystal or crystalline solid is a solid material whose constituents (such as atoms, molecules, or ions) are arranged in a highly ordered microscopic structure, forming a crystal lattice that extends in all directions.
Dacite
Dacite is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides. Pumice and Dacite are volcanic rocks.
Dental plaque
Dental plaque is a biofilm of microorganisms (mostly bacteria, but also fungi) that grows on surfaces within the mouth.
Ductility
Ductility refers to the ability of a material to sustain significant plastic deformation before fracture.
Dust bathing
Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin.
Egypt
Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.
See Pumice and Egypt
Eraser
An eraser (also known as a rubber in some Commonwealth countries, including South Africa from which the material first used got its name) is an article of stationery that is used for removing marks from paper or skin (e.g. parchment or vellum).
Erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa.
Exfoliation (cosmetology)
In cosmetology, exfoliation is the removal of the surface skin cells and built-up dirt from the skin's surface. Pumice and exfoliation (cosmetology) are skin care.
See Pumice and Exfoliation (cosmetology)
Extrusive rock
Extrusive rock refers to the mode of igneous volcanic rock formation in which hot magma from inside the Earth flows out (extrudes) onto the surface as lava or explodes violently into the atmosphere to fall back as pyroclastics or tuff. Pumice and Extrusive rock are igneous rocks.
Felsic
In geology, felsic is a modifier describing igneous rocks that are relatively rich in elements that form feldspar and quartz.
Fiamme
Fiamme are lens-shapes, usually millimetres to centimetres in size, seen on surfaces of some volcaniclastic rocks.
Fiji
Fiji (Viti,; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, Fijī), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean.
See Pumice and Fiji
Frederic Wood Jones
Frederic Wood Jones FRS (January 23, 1879 – September 29, 1954), usually referred to as Wood Jones, was a British observational naturalist, embryologist, anatomist and anthropologist, who spent considerable time in Australia.
See Pumice and Frederic Wood Jones
Fungus
A fungus (fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms.
Havre Seamount
Havre Seamount is an active volcanic seamount lying within the Kermadec Islands group of New Zealand, in the south-west Pacific Ocean, on the Tonga-Kermadec Ridge.
Idaho
Idaho is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.
See Pumice and Idaho
Igneous rock
Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Pumice and Igneous rock are igneous rocks and Volcanology.
Ignimbrite
Ignimbrite is a type of volcanic rock, consisting of hardened tuff. Pumice and Ignimbrite are volcanic rocks.
Insect
Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.
Jeans
Jeans are a type of trousers made from denim or dungaree cloth.
See Pumice and Jeans
Jemez Mountains
The Jemez Mountains (Tewa: Tsąmpiye'ip'įn, Navajo: Dził Łizhinii) are a group of mountains in Rio Arriba, Sandoval, and Los Alamos counties, New Mexico, United States.
See Pumice and Jemez Mountains
Kamchatka Peninsula
The Kamchatka Peninsula (poluostrov Kamchatka) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about.
See Pumice and Kamchatka Peninsula
Kansas
Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.
Kenya
Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya (Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in East Africa.
See Pumice and Kenya
Krakatoa
Krakatoa, also transcribed italic, is a caldera in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in the Indonesian province of Lampung.
Lapilli
Lapilli (lapillus) is a size classification of tephra, which is material that falls out of the air during a volcanic eruption or during some meteorite impacts. Pumice and Lapilli are volcanic rocks.
Lava
Lava is molten or partially molten rock (magma) that has been expelled from the interior of a terrestrial planet (such as Earth) or a moon onto its surface. Pumice and Lava are igneous rocks.
See Pumice and Lava
Lava (soap)
Lava is a heavy-duty hand cleaner in soap bar form manufactured by the WD-40 Company.
Lime (material)
Lime is an inorganic material composed primarily of calcium oxides and hydroxides.
See Pumice and Lime (material)
Lipari
Lipari (Lìpari) is a comune including six of seven islands of the Aeolian Islands (Lipari, Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli, Filicudi and Alicudi) and it is located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the northern coast of Sicily, Southern Italy; it is administratively part of the Metropolitan City of Messina.
List of Caribbean islands
Most of the Caribbean countries are islands are in the Caribbean Sea, with only a few in inland lakes.
See Pumice and List of Caribbean islands
Louse
Louse (lice) is the common name for any member of the clade Phthiraptera, which contains nearly 5,000 species of wingless parasitic insects.
See Pumice and Louse
Magma
Magma is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Pumice and Magma are igneous rocks.
See Pumice and Magma
Matrix (geology)
The matrix or groundmass of a rock is the finer-grained mass of material in which larger grains, crystals, or clasts are embedded.
See Pumice and Matrix (geology)
Mica
Micas are a group of silicate minerals whose outstanding physical characteristic is that individual mica crystals can easily be split into extremely thin elastic plates. Pumice and mica are Industrial minerals.
See Pumice and Mica
Mining
Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth.
Mount Mazama
Mount Mazama (Tum-sum-ne in the Native American language Klamath) is a complex volcano in the western U.S. state of Oregon, in a segment of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and Cascade Range.
Mount Pinatubo
Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon island of the Philippines.
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
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NASA Earth Observatory
NASA Earth Observatory is an online publishing outlet for NASA which was created in 1999.
See Pumice and NASA Earth Observatory
Nevada
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western region of the United States.
New Mexico
New Mexico (Nuevo MéxicoIn Peninsular Spanish, a spelling variant, Méjico, is also used alongside México. According to the Diccionario panhispánico de dudas by Royal Spanish Academy and Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, the spelling version with J is correct; however, the spelling with X is recommended, as it is the one that is used in Mexican Spanish.; Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern region of the United States.
New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Oxygen
Oxygen is a chemical element; it has symbol O and atomic number 8.
Pantellerite
Pantellerite is a type of volcanic rock, specifically a peralkaline rhyolite.
Pantheon, Rome
The Pantheon (Pantheum,Although the spelling Pantheon is standard in English, only Pantheum is found in classical Latin; see, for example, Pliny, Natural History: "Agrippas Pantheum decoravit Diogenes Atheniensis". See also Oxford Latin Dictionary, s.v. "Pantheum"; Oxford English Dictionary, s.v.: "post-classical Latin pantheon a temple consecrated to all the gods (6th cent.; compare classical Latin pantheum)".
Pedicure
A pedicure is a cosmetic treatment of the feet and toenails, analogous to a manicure.
PH
In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").
See Pumice and PH
Philippines
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
Phonolite
Phonolite is an uncommon shallow intrusive or extrusive rock, of intermediate chemical composition between felsic and mafic, with texture ranging from aphanitic (fine-grained) to porphyritic (mixed fine- and coarse-grained). Pumice and Phonolite are volcanic rocks.
Phys.org
Phys.org is an online science, research and technology news aggregator offering briefs from press releases and reports from news agencies.
Pleistocene
The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.
Plinian eruption
Plinian eruptions or Vesuvian eruptions are volcanic eruptions marked by their similarity to the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, which destroyed the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii.
See Pumice and Plinian eruption
Polishing
Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or by applying a chemical treatment, leaving a clean surface with a significant specular reflection (still limited by the index of refraction of the material according to the Fresnel equations).
Polynesia
Polynesia is a subregion of Oceania, made up of more than 1,000 islands scattered over the central and southern Pacific Ocean.
Porosity
Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. "empty") spaces in a material, and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1, or as a percentage between 0% and 100%.
Pozzolana
Pozzolana or pozzuolana, also known as pozzolanic ash (pulvis puteolanus), is a natural siliceous or siliceous-aluminous material which reacts with calcium hydroxide in the presence of water at room temperature (cf. pozzolanic reaction). Pumice and pozzolana are Volcanology.
Pumice raft
A pumice raft is a floating raft of pumice created by some eruptions of submarine volcanoes or coastal subaerial volcanoes. Pumice and pumice raft are Volcanology.
Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Puyehue and Cordón Caulle are two coalesced volcanic edifices that form a major mountain massif in Puyehue National Park in the Andes of Ranco Province, in the South of Chile.
See Pumice and Puyehue-Cordón Caulle
Pyroclastic rock
Pyroclastic rocks are clastic rocks composed of rock fragments produced and ejected by explosive volcanic eruptions. Pumice and Pyroclastic rock are volcanic rocks and Volcanology.
See Pumice and Pyroclastic rock
Rhyolite
Rhyolite is the most silica-rich of volcanic rocks. Pumice and Rhyolite are volcanic rocks.
Ring of Fire
The Ring of Fire (also known as the Pacific Ring of Fire, the Rim of Fire, the Girdle of Fire or the Circum-Pacific belt) is a tectonic belt of volcanoes and earthquakes. Pumice and Ring of Fire are Volcanology.
Santorini
Santorini (Santoríni), officially Thira (Thíra) and Classical Greek Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from its mainland.
Scoria
Scoria 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. Pumice and Scoria are volcanic rocks.
Silicic
Silicic is an adjective to describe magma or igneous rock rich in silica. Pumice and Silicic are igneous rocks.
Sodium bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate (IUPAC name: sodium hydrogencarbonate), commonly known as baking soda or bicarbonate of soda, is a chemical compound with the formula NaHCO3.
See Pumice and Sodium bicarbonate
Solid solution
A solid solution, a term popularly used for metals, is a homogeneous mixture of two different kinds of atoms in solid state and having a single crystal structure.
Solubility
In chemistry, solubility is the ability of a substance, the solute, to form a solution with another substance, the solvent.
Stone washing
Stone washing is a textile manufacturing process used to give a newly manufactured cloth garment a worn appearance.
Succulent plant
In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions.
See Pumice and Succulent plant
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, (formerly Swahililand) is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
Thermal insulation
Thermal insulation is the reduction of heat transfer (i.e., the transfer of thermal energy between objects of differing temperature) between objects in thermal contact or in range of radiative influence.
See Pumice and Thermal insulation
Three Sisters Wilderness
The Three Sisters Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Cascade Range, within the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests in Oregon, United States.
See Pumice and Three Sisters Wilderness
Tillage
Tillage is the agricultural preparation of soil by mechanical agitation of various types, such as digging, stirring, and overturning.
Tonga
Tonga, officially the Kingdom of Tonga (Puleʻanga Fakatuʻi ʻo Tonga), is an island country in Polynesia, part of Oceania.
See Pumice and Tonga
Toothpaste
Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth.
Trachyte
Trachyte is an extrusive igneous rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar. Pumice and Trachyte are volcanic rocks and Volcanology.
Tyrrhenian (stage)
The Tyrrhenian Stage is the last faunal stage of the Pleistocene in Italy.
See Pumice and Tyrrhenian (stage)
Vapor pressure
Vapor pressure or equilibrium vapor pressure is the pressure exerted by a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases (solid or liquid) at a given temperature in a closed system.
Vesicular texture
Vesicular texture is a volcanic rock texture characterized by a rock being pitted with many cavities (known as vesicles) at its surface and inside. Pumice and Vesicular texture are Volcanology.
See Pumice and Vesicular texture
Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
Vinegar
Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings.
Volcanic gas
Volcanic gases are gases given off by active (or, at times, by dormant) volcanoes.
Volcanic glass
Volcanic glass is the amorphous (uncrystallized) product of rapidly cooling magma. Pumice and Volcanic glass are volcanic rocks and Volcanology.
Volcanic rock
Volcanic rocks (often shortened to volcanics in scientific contexts) are rocks formed from lava erupted from a volcano. Pumice and volcanic rock are volcanic rocks and Volcanology.
Volcano
A volcano is a rupture in the crust of a planetary-mass object, such as Earth, that allows hot lava, volcanic ash, and gases to escape from a magma chamber below the surface. Pumice and volcano are volcanic rocks and Volcanology.
Water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula.
See Pumice and Water
1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
The 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines' Luzon Volcanic Arc was the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, behind only the 1912 eruption of Novarupta in Alaska.
See Pumice and 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo
2012 Kermadec Islands eruption
The 2012 Kermadec Islands eruption was a major undersea volcanic eruption that was produced by the previously little-known Havre Seamount near the L'Esperance and L'Havre Rocks in the Kermadec Islands of New Zealand.
See Pumice and 2012 Kermadec Islands eruption
See also
Abrasives
- Abrasive
- Abrasive blasting
- Aluminium oxide
- Boron nitride
- Bristle blasting
- Bronze wool
- Chromium(III) oxide
- Coated abrasives
- Corundum
- Cutting compound
- Diamond
- Emery (rock)
- Lapping film
- Melamine foam
- Poly diamond powder
- Pumice
- Rotten stone
- Sandpaper
- Silicon carbide
- Steel abrasive
- Steel wool
- Surface finishing
- White fused alumina
- Winoa
- Wire wool
Personal hygiene products
- Aftershave
- Carefree (feminine hygiene)
- Cleanser
- Cotton pad
- Cotton swab
- Deodorant
- Disposable towel
- Dr. Squatch
- Dry shampoo
- Eau de toilette
- Eco Femme
- Facial tissue
- Gel wipe
- Hand dryer
- Hand sanitizer
- Handkerchief
- Manpacks
- Menstrual cup
- Menstrual pad
- Paper towel
- Personal care products
- Peshtemal
- Pumice
- Sachet
- Salux cloth
- Shampoo
- Shampoos
- Shaving brush
- Shaving cream
- Shit stick
- Shower gel
- Soaps
- Tampon
- The Pee Pocket
- Thinx
- Towel
- Towel tablet
- Underarm liners
- Washcloth
- Washing mitt
- Wet wipe
Vitreous rocks
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumice
Also known as Pumic stone, Pumice concrete, Pumice stone, Pumice stones, Pumicite, Reticulite.
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