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ROCK Composed of one or more minerals Classified by 1.Origin – how they were formed 2.Mineral Content 3.Texture
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ROCK Composed of one or more minerals Classified by 1.Origin – how they were formed 2.Mineral Content 3.Texture
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IGNEOUS ROCKS ESRT Page 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aCnAF1Opt8M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= aCnAF1Opt8M
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Formation Solidification of magma Made up of inter grown mineral crystals Environments a. Magma – below ground b. Lava – above ground
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a. Texture Determined by the rate of cooling, refers to the size, shape and arrangement of crystals which grew out of the cooling magma/lava
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1. Intrusive You can visibly see the ____________ cooled slowly, deep beneath the Earth’s surface large to medium crystals Mineral crystals
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Pegmatite – Very Coarse Texture
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Granite - Coarse Texture
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2. Extrusive Very small or no _______________ cooled quickly on earth’s surface glassy to fine (can see with a hand lens) crystals Mineral crystals
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3. Porphyritic Contains crystals of two markedly different sizes identify with the majority of crystals
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4. Vesicular Porous from trapped gas pockets
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b. Color Based on the mineral content or what it is made of
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Mafic Dark colored, high in Iron (Fe) and Magnesium (Mg), more dense
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Felsic Light colored, high in Aluminum (Al) and Silicon (Si), less dense
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HOW DO YOU KNOW ITS AN IGNEOUS ROCK 1.Mineral Crystals or 2.Vesicular – Gas pockets
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Order in which minerals crystallize from a cooling magma/lava to form igneous rocks
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