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What are Frothy volcanic rock are called?
Pumice is a frothy, bubbly, light volcanic rock.
Frothy volcanic rock formed by expanding?
pumice
What is the solid form of lava that is so frothy with gas when it reaches the surface?
Pumice is volcanic rock formed from frothy lava. It will usually float on water because of all the gas bubbles in it.
Frothy volcanic rock formed by expanding gas bubbles in erupting lava.?
The rock formed is very light and is known as pumice or pumice stone.
Is pumice a mineral?
Pumice is a textural term for a volcanic rock that is a solidified frothy lava typically created when super-heated, highly pressurized rock is violently ejected from a volcano
What is the process a pumice rock go through?
Pumice is simply a frothy, gas entrained volcanic glass, a result of the extremely rapid cooling of felsic lava after eruption.
Is pluton a volcanic rock?
I learned about this when I was in the seventh grade. Pumice is volcanic. It was made by nature when lava and gases was thrown out of a volcano. As the gas bubbles escaped from the lava, it become frothy. When the lava cooled and hardened, the result was a very light rock material filled with tiny bubbles of gas.
What is a naturally occurring igneous rock more correctly called obsidian?
Obsidian is also called volcanic glass, an extrusive, largely non-crystalline, felsic igneous rock. Pumice is also a frothy form of obsidian.
A light frothy extrusive rock?
Pumice
Is pumice a volcanic rock?
Yes,it is a volcanic rock.
Where can you find a pumice stone?
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What is a light glassy rock formed from frothy lava?
Pumice.
