adjective
- containing or characterized by vugs (small cavities in rock lined with mineral crystals)
Usage: geological
Examples
- The vuggy limestone contained beautiful quartz crystals.
- Miners often find valuable specimens in vuggy rock formations.
- The vuggy texture of the sandstone made it unsuitable for construction.
- Geologists examined the vuggy basalt for mineral deposits.
- The cave walls were vuggy with small crystal-lined pockets.
- Vuggy rocks are prized by mineral collectors for their crystal formations.