Igneous rock
Igneous rock.
Granite, rhyolite, obsidian, basalt, pumice, gabbro, diorite; all examples of igneous rock that by definition forms from the cooling of molten rock.
Cooling rate of molten rock
Pumice and Basalt
The molten lava solidifies into solid rock on cooling.
A rock is considered igneous if it formed directly from the cooling of molten rock.
Igneous rock.
Magma is molten rock. It becomes rock by cooling and hardening.
Igneous rock is rock formed from the solidification of molten magma after cooling.
igneous rock
No. The molten rock which once constituted the moon was long ago solidified from cooling into igneous rock.
Granite, rhyolite, obsidian, basalt, pumice, gabbro, diorite; all examples of igneous rock that by definition forms from the cooling of molten rock.
Slow cooling of molten rock leads to rocks with an phaneritic texture; one with larger, visible mineral crystals.
No. Igneous rock forms from the cooling of molten material.
solidification of molten lava
in the rain.
Igneous rocks are formed by lava or magma cooling