Definition of Pumicite

1. a porous volcanic rock [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pumicite

pumicate
pumicated
pumicates
pumicating
pumice
pumice stone
pumice stones
pumiced
pumicelike
pumiceous
pumicer
pumicers
pumices
pumiciform
pumicing
pumicite (current term)
pumicites
pumie
pumies
pummace
pummel
pummeled
pummeler
pummelers
pummeling
pummelings
pummelled
pummeller
pummellers
pummelling

Literary usage of Pumicite

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mineral Commodity Summaries, 1996 by DIANE Publishing Company (1996)
"PUMICE AND pumicite (Data in thousand metric tons, unless noted) Domestic Production and Use: The estimated value of pumice and pumicite sold or used in ..."

2. Tariff Information, 1921: Hearings on General Tariff Revision Before the by Committee on Ways and Means, United States, Congress, House (1921)
"The various pumicite soaps work speedily and effectively and without ¡n.jury ... By virtue of its fineness and innumerable air spaces pumicite is a good ..."

3. Agricultural Geology by Frederick Valentine Emerson (1920)
"A stratum of white volcanic dust (pumicite) 9 feet thick lies between strata of ... The pumicite is volcanic dust and is believed to have been transported ..."

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