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Pumice forms when a volcano erupts gas-rich material. Some of this material forms a sort of foamy lava, filled with gas bubbles. This cools rapidly and solidifies with the bubbles left in place, forming a highly porous rock. In volcanic rock this texture is called vesicular.

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