noun
- plural of vugh; small cavities in rock or mineral formations, often lined with crystals
Usage: geology
Examples
- The geologist discovered several vughs filled with quartz crystals in the limestone.
- These vughs were formed when gas bubbles were trapped in the cooling lava.
- The mineral collector searched for vughs that might contain rare specimens.
- Water had seeped into the vughs over thousands of years.
- The rock face showed numerous small vughs where crystals had once grown.