A Geologic Vesicle

a: Vesicle ~
b: a mold

What:

"The word comes from the Latin for "little bladder." Vesicles that fill with minerals are called amygdules; that is, if a vesicle is like a mold, an amygdule is like a cast"


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Writer: Andrew Alden
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Date: Jan 1 2014 1:48 PM


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