Igneous Rocks

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Texture term for Coarsed grained
Phaneritic
Texture term for Fine Grained
Aphanetic
Texture term for No crystals
Glassy
Texture term for two distinctive crystal types
Porphyritic
Texture term for very coarsed grained crystals, i.e bigger than your thumb
Pegmatic
Trapped bubble gasses that create wholes as in pumice
Vesicular
Question 7
Porphiritc fine-grained, extrusive igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase with other minerals such as hornblende, pyroxene and biotite
Andesite
Type of igneous rock that forms bigger crystals, and cools slower
Intrusive
Question 9
Dark-colored volcanic glass that forms from the very rapid cooling of molten rock material. It cools so rapidly that crystals do not form
Obsidian
Question 10
a dark-colored, vesicular, extrusive igneous rock.
Scoria
Question 11
a light-colored, extremely coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock. It often contains rare minerals that are not found in other parts of the magma chamber.
Pegmatite
Question 12
A coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock that contains a mixture of feldspar, pyroxene, hornblende and sometimes quartz.
Diorite
Question 13
Fine-grained, dark-colored extrusive igneous rock composed mainly of plagioclase and pyroxene.
Basalt
Question 14
a coarse-grained, dark colored, intrusive igneous rock that contains feldspar, augite and sometimes olivine
Gabbro
Question 15
a light-colored, fine-grained, extrusive igneous rock that typically contains quartz and feldspar minerals.
Rhyolite