Also known as bag, cavity, mining bag, vugh, vugg
thumb|This vug in the Cascade Range is partially filled with [[quartz crystals.]]
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thumb|This vug in the Cascade Range is partially filled with [[quartz crystals.]]
A vug, vugh, or vugg () is a small- to medium-sized cavity inside rock. It may be formed through a variety of processes. Most commonly, cracks and fissures opened by tectonic activity (folding and faulting) are partially filled by quartz, calcite, and other secondary minerals. Open spaces within breccias formed by an ancient collapse are another important source of vugs.
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