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What is the word that describes the shapes and sizes of the grains in a rock?
They are references to the rock's texture.
What is the texture of the rock andesite?
The texture of Andesite rock is fine-grained and it Extrusive plus it is an igneous rock .
How do rocks get a sandpaper texture?
The texture of a rock is determined by the rate it takes the molten to cool to form the rock.
What is rock texture?
Texture refers to the size and orientation of the mineral crystals or clasts contained within the rock.
What kind of texture does a rock with large crystals have?
A phaneritic texture.
What is the word that describes the shapes and sizes of the grains in a rock?
They are references to the rock's texture.
When mineral grains in a metamorphic rock do not form layers the rock has what texture?
no texture
What type of texture does an organic sedimentary rock have?
well it depends. if its agray rock, it has a gray texture. if its a gold rock, it has a high value texture. etc
What is the texture of the rock andesite?
The texture of Andesite rock is fine-grained and it Extrusive plus it is an igneous rock .
What size of rock texture refers to igneous rock?
The size of the mineral crystals in an igneous rock determines the rock's texture.
What do the composition and texture of a rock indicate?
The composition and texture of a rock are great indicators of the rock's type and method of formation.
What is the texture for sulfur?
The texture of sulfur is like a rock.
What is the relationship between an igneous rock's texture and where it was formed?
The relationship between an igneous rock's texture and where it was formed is that the texture depends on whether or not the rock is an extrusive rock or an intrusive rock. Those two different types of classifications for rocks tell you what the texture will be. For example, Intrusive rocks have a coarse-grained texture like granite and extrusive rocks have a fine-grained texture like basalt.
What is the relationship between igneous rock's texture and where it is formed?
The relationship between an igneous rock's texture and where it was formed is that the texture depends on whether or not the rock is an extrusive rock or an intrusive rock. Those two different types of classifications for rocks tell you what the texture will be. For example, Intrusive rocks have a coarse-grained texture like granite and extrusive rocks have a fine-grained texture like basalt.
What determines the texture of a rock?
The texture is determined by the rate it takes the molten to cool to form the rock.
What is the texture of the gneiss rock?
The texture of gneiss is coarse
What do you call the way a rock or mineral feels?
TEXTURE
