Can igneous rocks be transparent

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 8/20/2019

they cannot be transparent, because it cools too quickly and is already opaque when it is magma; the liquid inside before the eruption process, and when magma is external it is lava and when it is cooled, it is of the form igneos rock.

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When molten rocks cools what rocks form?

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What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?

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What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?

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Are igneous rocks made up of igneous rocks?

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Are sedimentary rocks are harder than igneous rocks?

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