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What would the texture of an igneous rock be if it formed from an explosive volcanic eruption?

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Pyroclastic (pyro = igneous, clastic = fragment) textures occur when explosive eruptions blast the lava into the air resulting in fragmental, typically glassy material which falls as volcanic ash, lapilli and volcanic bombs.

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