According to Cohoon, this will make the stone less likely to scratch your oven. Ovens aside, pumice stones are great to use on a variety of other household surfaces. "For example, they work well ...

A pumice stone is a quick and easy way to remove pet hair. When scraping it on fabric, the jagged surface helps grab onto hair for removal.

Large numbers of fish cultured in a pen have died after swallowing pumice pebbles, which they apparently mistook for food. This is a kind of disaster few people have anticipated.

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have carried out an unprecedentedly detailed survey of pumice rafts in the aftermath of the 2021 Fukutoku-Oka-no-Ba volcanic eruption in Japan.

Video footage of the affected areas shows how coastlines are covered by gray carpets of pumice stones, making it impossible to tell where the sea ends and the beach starts. The damage from the ...