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intrusive rocks have a finer texture and extrusive such as lava rock are more course. intrusive rocks are cooled within the earth and extrusive cooled outside the earth.
The texture is mostly determined by the time spent in cooling from magma or lava. The quicker the transition from molten to solid, the finer the texture.
They are references to the rock's texture.
erosion can effect the rock cycle by turning igneouse and metamorphic rocks into sediments and eventualy turn into a sedimentary rock such as sandstone
The rate at which the lava or magma cools affects the grain size, or texture, of the rock. The faster a rock cools, the smaller the individual mineral grains within it remain. Examples are basalt and rhyolite, which cooled on the earth's surface and are very fine-grained and therefore have a finer texture. But the slower a rock cools, the larger the individual mineral grains within it can grow. The best example is granite, a very coarse-textured rock that cooled very slowly deep within the earth.
intrusive rocks have a finer texture and extrusive such as lava rock are more course. intrusive rocks are cooled within the earth and extrusive cooled outside the earth.
when you apply heat and pressure to it
plutonic and volcanic
when you apply heat and pressure to it
No. It is considered a sedimentary rock, except for the variety anthracite, which is considered a metamorphic rock.
The texture is mostly determined by the time spent in cooling from magma or lava. The quicker the transition from molten to solid, the finer the texture.
They are references to the rock's texture.
erosion can effect the rock cycle by turning igneouse and metamorphic rocks into sediments and eventualy turn into a sedimentary rock such as sandstone
"Pumice." It is light and porous (filled with air pockets), which makes it significantly less dense than the average rock.
The rate at which the lava or magma cools affects the grain size, or texture, of the rock. The faster a rock cools, the smaller the individual mineral grains within it remain. Examples are basalt and rhyolite, which cooled on the earth's surface and are very fine-grained and therefore have a finer texture. But the slower a rock cools, the larger the individual mineral grains within it can grow. The best example is granite, a very coarse-textured rock that cooled very slowly deep within the earth.
The rate at which the lava or magma cools affects the grain size, or texture, of the rock. The faster a rock cools, the smaller the individual mineral grains within it remain. Examples are basalt and rhyolite, which cooled on the earth's surface and are very fine-grained and therefore have a finer texture. But the slower a rock cools, the larger the individual mineral grains within it can grow. The best example is granite, a very coarse-textured rock that cooled very slowly deep within the earth.
Siltstone is a sedimentary rock. It forms on river beds when silt compressed together.