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Vesicular texture

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rises to the surface the pressure on it decreases. When this happens gasses dissolved in the magma are able to come out of solution, forming gas bubbles (the cavities) inside it. When the magma finally reaches the surface as lava and cools, the rock solidifies around the gas bubbles and traps them
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texture characterized by a rock being pitted with many cavities (known as vesicles) at its surface and inside. This texture is common in
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D. Armstrong, F. Mugglestone, R. Richards and F. Stratton "OCR AS and A2 Geology". Pearson Education Limited, 2008, p. 76.
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inside, preserving them as holes filled with gas called vesicles.
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that have come to the surface of the Earth, a process known as
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Texture of small enclosed cavities found in some volcanic rocks
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Rock types that display a vesicular texture include
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Revesiculation

Tenerife

olivine
La Palma
volcanic
rock
aphanitic
igneous rocks
extrusion
magma
amygdaloidal
basalt
andesite
zeolites
calcite
quartz
chalcedony
amygdules
pumice
scoria
Glossary of geology
"Elmhurst College Powerpoint via google viewer"
Archived
Wayback Machine
Vesicules and Amygdule
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volcanology
stub

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