Does Basalt have holes

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The drop in pressure that a magma experiences as it flows from underground to the Earth's surface allows water and gases in the lava to form bubbles. If the bubbles do not get large enough to pop, they are frozen in the lava as vesicles. ... This basalt sample is so full of vesicles that it is more hole than basalt.

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Updated: 2019/10/18

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