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Is pumice rock vesicular and glassy?
Yes. Pumice is so fine-grained, often times it's crystals are vesicular and glassy.
What type of rock has little to no grain development and has a vesicular texture?
A rock with little to no grain development and a vesicular texture is typically called a vesicular rock. It is formed from a volcanic eruption, where gases trapped in the lava create bubbles or vesicles. The most common example is vesicular basalt.
What texture does a volcanic rock have?
Textures of volcanic rocks include aphantitic (mineral grains are present but microscopic) , porphyritic (some grains are visible to the naked eye), glassy (all or much of the rock lacks a crystalline structure), and vesicular (solidified gas bubbles are present).
Is pumice has no grain?
Pumice is so fine grained, it actually doesn't have a grain--because it is a natural volcanic glass. The rough texture is caused by the vesicular nature of the rock--trapped pockets of gas bubbles with sharp glassy edges.
What rock has air bubbles in it?
I may be wrong, but it might be volcanic rock.
Is pumice metalic?
No. Pumice is a glassy vesicular volcanic rock.
Is pumice a metal?
No. Pumice is a glassy vesicular volcanic rock.
Is pumice rock vesicular and glassy?
Yes. Pumice is so fine-grained, often times it's crystals are vesicular and glassy.
What type of rock has little to no grain development and has a vesicular texture?
A rock with little to no grain development and a vesicular texture is typically called a vesicular rock. It is formed from a volcanic eruption, where gases trapped in the lava create bubbles or vesicles. The most common example is vesicular basalt.
What texture does a volcanic rock have?
Textures of volcanic rocks include aphantitic (mineral grains are present but microscopic) , porphyritic (some grains are visible to the naked eye), glassy (all or much of the rock lacks a crystalline structure), and vesicular (solidified gas bubbles are present).
Is pumice has no grain?
Pumice is so fine grained, it actually doesn't have a grain--because it is a natural volcanic glass. The rough texture is caused by the vesicular nature of the rock--trapped pockets of gas bubbles with sharp glassy edges.
What is dark glassy volcanic rock called?
obsidian
What are the properties of scoria rock?
Scoria is a highly vesicular (porous), dark colored volcanic rock.
What rock has air bubbles in it?
I may be wrong, but it might be volcanic rock.
What type of rock has holes in it?
Volcanic rocks with gas bubbles are called vesicular. This, however, is a descriptive term rather than an actual rock types. Some vesicular volcanic rocks include pumice, scoria, and vesicular basalt.
What is the common name for obsidian rock?
Volcanic glass, or pumice (vesicular obsidian).
How do Igneous rock with glassy textures?
An igneous rock with a glassy texture cooled from its' liquid state very quickly, an example of this would be obsidian, a volcanic glass.
