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B. Intermediate/Andesitic Composition (2)

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25 percent dark silicate minerals

explosive volcanic

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A. Granitic/Felsic Rock (2)

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Continental Crusts,

Light

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C. Basaltic/Mafic Rock (3)

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Ocean floor/volcanic islands,
Dark Silicates and calcium-rich feldspar
higher density than granite

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Felsic

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Feldspar and Silica

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Mafic

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Magnesium and Ferrum

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Ferrum

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Iron

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D. Ultramafic Composition (3)

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magnesium, iron, silicates (same as mafic)

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Ferromagnesian

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iron/magnesium

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Fewer Large Crystals

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Slow Cooling

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Many Small Crystals

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Fast Cooling

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Glass (Obsidian)

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very fast cooling

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Texture

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Size Arrangement of Mineral Grains

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Vesicular Texture

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Rapid Cooling, gas escapes through hole

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Aphanatic Texture

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Fine grained, rapid cooling, some vesicles, rapid cooling

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Phanertic Texture

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Coarse-grained texture, slow cooling, large visible crystals

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Porphyritic Texture

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large crystals embedded in matrix of smaller crystals, multiple cooling rates, formed at different temperatures
two distinct grain sizes

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Pyroclastic Texture

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Fragmental Appearance (like sedimentary rock)

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Pegmatitic Texture

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Exceptionally coarse grained, formed in late stages of crystallization of granitic magmas

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Phenocrysts

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Large Crystals

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Groundmass

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Smaller Crystals

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Rhyolite has

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glass fragments and seciles

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Rhyolite Texture

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Rhyolite vs Granite

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less common, less voluminous, extrusive

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Granite Composed of (3)

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Quartz, Feldspar, Mica

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Granite Properties (4)

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FelsicCoarse GrainedIgneousLight Colored Silicates

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Light Colored Silicates (2)

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Quartz and Potassium Feldspar

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DARK Igneous Examples (5)

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Ferromagnesium silicatesOlivinePyroxeneAmphiboleBoitite Mica

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Light Igneous Examples (6)

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Non-Ferromagnesium silicatesQuartzmuscovitemicasfeldspars

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Texture of “Basalt”

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Most Common Extrusive Rock

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“asalt”

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“Basalt” Origin

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“Basalt” Composition (Igneous)

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calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar

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Andesite Properties (2) IGNEOUS

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Volcanic ORiginAphanitic Texture

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Diorite Texture IGNEOUS

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Coarse Grained

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Plutonic (intrusive ingeous ) equivalent of andesite

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Rhyolite IGNEOUS Properties (3)

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Extrusive equivalent of graniteMay contain glass fragments and vesiclesless voluminous and common than granite

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“Rhyolite” IGNEOUS Texture

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“Obsidian” IGNEOUS Texture

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dark/glassy

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“Pumice” IGNEOUS Properties (3)

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frothy/voidsvolcanicglassy

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Granitic/Felsic Minerals (2)

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Quartz/Potassium Feldspar

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Andesitic/Intermediate Minerals (2)

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Amphibole/Plagioclase Feldspar

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Basalatic/Mafic Minerals (2)

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Pyroxene/Plagioclase Feldspar

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Ultramafic Minerals (2)

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Olivine, Pyroxene

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High Temp to Low Temp

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Ultramafic->Felsic

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Continuous Series of Crystallization

BRS

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Calcium Rich->Sodium Rich (Plagioclase Feldspar)

Ultramafic->Felsic

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Discountinuous Series of Crystallization (BRS)

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Olivine, Pyroxene, Amphibole, Biotite (Ultramafic, Felsic)

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First to Crystallize

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1/3 Magma Crystallized

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Melt depleted in iron, mag, calcium

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