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Vesicular Texture

Igneous Rock Textures

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Rocks with vesicular ("ve-SIC-ular") texture are full of bubbles. It always indicates a volcanic rock, like this scoria.
Rocks full of bubblesPhoto (c) 2006 Andrew Alden, licensed to About.com
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