igneous rocks Flashcards
how are they formed
by cooled magma
can any rock become an igneous if melted by lava
yes
what is mama that has reached the earth surface called
lava
texture: pyroclastic(formed by exposion)
-fastest cooling magma is the ash, no crystals
texture: froth
next fastest cooling, cooled by water, no crystals, obsidian is froth
texture:fine-grained
forms non-visible crystals called extrusive, uniform, outside the earth.
texture:intrusive rocks
largest crystals, slowest cooling formed inside the earth.
the longer it takes to cool the bigger crystals, cool slowly in earth heat cant escape
color: felsic
low in metal which makes it light in color
color: mafic
dark in color higher amounts of metal, specific gravity more than 3.0
color:intermafic
in the middle of felsic and mafic
color:ultramafic
very high in metal, extremely dark