The Characteristics and Possibility of using Al-Lisi (Yemen) Pumice Rocks as Abrasives and Polishing Material in Dental Laboratories Instead of Imported Pumice

International Journal of Geoinformatics and Geological Science

© 2018 by SSRG - IJGGS Journal

Volume 5 Issue 1

Year of Publication : 2018

Authors : Ali M.Al-Hawbani, Marwan A. Al-Badani, Ali M.Qaid, Khaled M.Al-Selwi and Mohammed Alnuaimi

10.14445/23939206/IJGGS-V5I1P102

How to Cite?

Ali M.Al-Hawbani, Marwan A. Al-Badani, Ali M.Qaid, Khaled M.Al-Selwi and Mohammed Alnuaimi, "The Characteristics and Possibility of using Al-Lisi (Yemen) Pumice Rocks as Abrasives and Polishing Material in Dental Laboratories Instead of Imported Pumice," SSRG International Journal of Geoinformatics and Geological Science, vol. 5,  no. 1, pp. 7-16, 2018. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939206/IJGGS-V5I1P102

Abstract:

The pumice rocks crop out at Al-Lisi locality, which lie at about 15 km east of Thamarcity. Pumice rocks occur within acidic volcanic rocks sequence consisting of rhyolite, obsidian and pyroclastic rocks. Volumetric study of Al-Lisi pumice rocks shows similarity with the imported pumice.Petrographic examination shows that the pumice rocks of Al-Lisiare composed mainly of more than 75% silica groundmass with embedded phenocrysts of quartz, sanidine, plagioclase, anorthoclase and pyroxene. Chemical analysis shows that the majority of the studied Al-Lisi pumice rocks have silica content ranging from 67.80- 72.78 wt.%, with an average of70.16wt.% and iron content ranging from 1.07- 2.74wt.% with an average of 2.23 wt.%, compared with the chemical analysis of the imported pumice silica an average of 70.26wt.% and iron content with an average 2.05wt.%. The chemicalanalysis of Al-Lisi pumice rocks shows similarities with imported pumice. Based on the Volumetric, Chemical and Petrographic studies of Al-Lisipumice rock, and the identical of the volumetric and chemical characterizations to the imported pumice, the Al-Lisi pumice can be used for abrasiveand polishing instead of imported pumice.

Keywords:

Ramagirischist belt, lithostratigraphy, IRS – P6, LISS – IV Satellite, distribution and lithology and Ramagi section.

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