17 Facts About Pumice

Pumice is created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano.

Pumice is composed of highly microvesicular glass pyroclastic with very thin, translucent bubble walls of extrusive igneous rock.

Pumice is commonly pale in color, ranging from white, cream, blue or grey, to green-brown or black.

Pumice is a common product of explosive eruptions and commonly forms zones in upper parts of silicic lavas.

Pumice is considered a volcanic glass because it has no crystal structure.

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Pumice can be found all around the globe deriving from continental volcanic occurrences and submarine volcanic occurrences.

Pumice can be found all across North America including on the Caribbean Islands.

Pumice is a very lightweight, porous and abrasive material and it has been used for centuries in the construction and beauty industry as well as in early medicine.

Pumice was used in the early book-making industry to prepare parchment paper and leather bindings.

Pumice has been used in the medicinal industry for more than 2000 years.

Pumice has been used as a material in personal care for thousands of years.

Pumice in powdered form was an ingredient in toothpastes in ancient Rome.

Pumice is added to heavy-duty hand cleaners as a mild abrasive.

Pumice improves the quality of soil because of its porous properties, water and gases can be transported easily through the pores and nutrients can be stored in the microscopic holes.

Pumice usage creates ideal conditions for growing plants like cacti and succulents as it increases the water retention in sandy soils and reduces the density of clayey soils to allow more transportation of gases and water.

Pumice contributes to soil fertility in areas where it is naturally present in the soil due to volcanic activity.

Pumice is widely used to make lightweight concrete and insulative low-density cinder blocks.