<P> Pumice (/ ˈpʌmɪs /), called pumicite in its powdered or dust form, is a volcanic rock that consists of highly vesicular rough textured volcanic glass, which may or may not contain crystals . It is typically light colored . Scoria is another vesicular volcanic rock that differs from pumice in having larger vesicles, thicker vesicle walls and being dark colored and denser . </P> <P> Pumice is created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano . The unusual foamy configuration of pumice happens because of simultaneous rapid cooling and rapid depressurization . The depressurization creates bubbles by lowering the solubility of gases (including water and CO) that are dissolved in the lava, causing the gases to rapidly exsolve (like the bubbles of CO that appear when a carbonated drink is opened). The simultaneous cooling and depressurization freezes the bubbles in a matrix . Eruptions under water are rapidly cooled and the large volume of pumice created can be a shipping hazard for cargo ships . </P>

Name of stone which never sink in water