scoria

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The type of volcanic rock with common vesicles is called scoria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Lank shadows and stocky, the fluttering shadows of dresses, the ridiculous elongated shadows of trousered legs, darted and danced last week all over the reddish scoria of the Roland Garros Stadium courts near Paris.

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole island is of volcanic formation, and its rocks are of black scoria.

From The Old Helmet, Volume II by Warner, Susan

Indeed, it was a glen no longer, but filled entirely up with fallen rocks, lava, and scoria.

From Annie o' the Banks o' Dee by Stables, Gordon

We passed through a lane of black scoria, with steep banks on both sides.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 19 — Travel and Adventure by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir