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Explain how a rock with vesicular texture could form. Give two examples of rocks with this texture.

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Vesicular texture refers to volcanic rocks that contain holes called vesicles that were formed by gas bubbles in lava. This igneous rock is called scoria. The vesicles form from escaping gas bubbles in cooling lava.

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