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No, it is Extrusive. Hope it help.
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What is a intrusive volcano?
Intrusive is a geologic term used to describe igneous rock that has solidified from magma underground. Extrusive igneous rock refers to rock that has solidified from lava above ground.
What do igneous form from?
An igneous rock has crystallized and solidified from molten rock (magma) either below ground (intrusive igneous rock) or at or near the surface (extrusive igneous rock). Igneous rocks are composed of minerals.
Can igneous rock be formed above or below ground?
It is formed both- above ground (as extrusive igneous rocks) or below ground (as intrusive igneous rocks).
What is igneous rock?
Igneous rock is one of the three main rock types based on the method of its formation. It is also referred to as plutonic or volcanic rock depending on where it formed. In a nutshell, to be classified as igneous, a rock must have crystallized and solidified from molten rock (magma) either below ground (intrusive igneous rock) or at or near the surface (extrusive igneous rock).
When molten rock undergoes crystallization above ground what type of rock results?
Extrusive igneous rock is the result of above ground crystallization.
What do you call magma that has been solidified below ground?
Intrusive igneous rock.
What is a intrusive volcano?
Intrusive is a geologic term used to describe igneous rock that has solidified from magma underground. Extrusive igneous rock refers to rock that has solidified from lava above ground.
Which igneous rocks form below earth's surface?
Intrusive igneous rocks form from cooled magma below Earth's surface.
What do igneous form from?
An igneous rock has crystallized and solidified from molten rock (magma) either below ground (intrusive igneous rock) or at or near the surface (extrusive igneous rock). Igneous rocks are composed of minerals.
Is gabbro an intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock, whick means that it was formed under ground.
What is igneous rock that cools slowly beneath the ground?
Intrusive Igneous Rock.
What does ingeous mean?
Solidified magma or lava.Igneous rock (derived from the Latin word ignis meaning fire)Igneous rock may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks.
Is igneous rock that cooled above ground larger then being cooled under ground?
no
Can igneous rock be formed above or below ground?
It is formed both- above ground (as extrusive igneous rocks) or below ground (as intrusive igneous rocks).
What are the main two types of igneous rocks?
Igneous rocks are classified as either extrusive or intrusive. Extrusive rocks form from lava at or above the ground, and intrusive rocks form from magma below the ground. Granite is intrusive, pumice is extrusive.
Is obsidian intrusive or extrusive rock?
Obsidian is intrusive because it was cooled below the ground.
What igneous rock cooled under ground?
granite
