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Earth Science (Mr. Davidson) Igneous Vocabulary
Unit 2 Rocks and Minerals - Igneous Rocks Vocabulary
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| Extrusive | Formed outside the earth, glassy/fine texture, small crystals |
| Intrusive | Formed inside the earth, coarse/very coarse texture, large crystals |
| Mafic | Contains Fe and Mg |
| Felsic | Contains Al and Si |
| Vesicular | gas pockets,small pores that form as gases escapes while the molten material is cooling and solidifying. |
| Solidification | The formation of a crystalline solid. The process by which igneous rocks form as molten material cools and crystallizes |
| Magma | Molten rock found beneath the Earth’s surface |
| Lava | The molten material that is extruded from an erupting volcano |
| Coarse Texture | Composed of large particles, fragments or crystals |
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