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Igneous Rocks

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igneous rockformed from the crystallization of magma
lavamagma that flows out onto Earth's surface
extrusivefine-grained igneous rocks that cool quickly on Earth's surface
intrusivecourse-grained igneous rocks that cool slowly beneath Earth's surface
partial meltingprocess whereby some minerals melt at low temperatures while other mineral remain solid
felsiclight-colored rocks that have a high silica content and contain quartz and the feldspars orthoclase and plagioclase
maficdark-colored rocks that contain low amounts of silica and are rich in iron and magnesium
porphyritic texturewhen a rock has grains of two different sizes: large well-formed crystals surrounded by finer-grained crystals of the same mineral or different minerals


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