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Basalt vs Scoria - What's the difference?

basalt | scoria |

As nouns the difference between basalt and scoria

is that basalt is a hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust while scoria is the slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.

basalt

English

(wikipedia basalt)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (mineral) A hard mafic igneous rock of varied mineral content; volcanic in origin, it makes up much of the Earth's oceanic crust.
  • A type of unglazed pottery.

    • Derived terms

    * basaltic

    Anagrams

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    scoria

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The slag or dross that remains after the smelting of metal from an ore.
  • (geology) Rough masses of rock formed by solidified lava, and which can be found around a volcano's crater.
  • * 2004 , (Richard Fortey), The Earth , Folio Society 2011, p. 10:
    • An excellent guidebook by Drs Kilburn and McGuire of University College London reveals that these unpromising pieces of debris are scoria and lithic fragments of the March 1944 eruption.

    Derived terms

    * scoriaceous * scoriated * scoriation * scorification * scorified * scorifier * scoriform * scorify * scoriac

    References

    * Encarta Dictionary ----