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Mineral composition of the magma, Rate of cooling of the magma, Temperature of the magma, Presence of volatiles and Amount of water present in the magma.
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What type of rock always forms directly from another rock?
Metamorphic. By contrast, igneous rocks form from lava or magma, and sedimentary rock form from sediment. Those things are formed from previous rocks, but constitute intermediate stages: igneous and sedimentary rocks are formed indirectly from previous rocks.
What is the most common type of rock on earth's surface?
Sedimentary Rocks. 75% of rocks exposed to the surface are sedimentary.
What type of rock developed the first proto-continents?
Igneous rock was the first rock to cool on the surface.
What rock Can only form underground?
What type of rock is formed from magma that hardens underground?
When magma does crystallization what rock does it make?
That entirely depends on what type of magma it is and under what conditions it crystallizes. If you are looking for a general rock type, the answer is igneous, but that's very general.
Type of rock formed from molten rock?
Igneous rock is formed when magma cools and becomes solid.
What is a type of rock formed when lava or magma cools?
the type of rock formed when lava or magma cools is igneous rock..
What type of rock is formed when lava flowing from a volcano cools and hardens?
Extrusive igneous rock is formed from cooling lava.
A type of rock formed by molten rock solidified?
igneous rock
What type of fine rock is formed from lava?
eventually it cools and turns into an Igneous rock formation.
Which type of rock is formed when hot lava cools?
Igneous rock.
Where is each type of igneous rock formed?
The Extrusive igneous rock is formed on the earths surface while the Intrusive igneous rock is formed within or inside the earths crust.
Type of rocked formed when lave or magma cools?
A rock that is formed when magma cools is called a igneous rock.
What type of rock is formed by vocanoes?
igneous
What type of rock is fire formed?
Igneous
What type of rock is formed by magma?
igneous rock jacob did this
What type of rock is formed by cool lava or magma?
An igneous rock is formed when magma cools and hardens. Some examples of igneous rocks are pumice and obsidian.
