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What types igneous rocks do not belong to any of the three major igneous rocks families?
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∙ 14y ago
granodiorite, pyroxentite,dunite, and periodite rocks do not belong in the three major igneous rock families.
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∙ 13y agoGranodiorite, pyroxentite,dunite, and periodite rocks do not belong in the three major igneous rock families.
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What are the three families of rocks?
the three rock families are igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock
How are rocks physically classified?
they are classified into 3 major kinds of rocksthey are the ;IGNEOUS ROCKS,SEDIMENTARY ROCKS,AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?
Rhyolititcen rocks.
Are igneous rocks made up of igneous rocks?
Sedimentary rock can be made up partially of igneous clasts, but igneous rock is igneous rock.
What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?
Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.
Basalt and granite belong to which type of rocks?
Igneous rocks
What are the three families of igneous rocks?
the three rock families are igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock
What are 3 major rock types?
Igneous Rocks,Sedimentary Rocks,Metamorphic Rocks.
What are the three major igneous rocks?
(.) (.) ) ( \ / this what do you called amajor igneous rock
What are the three families of rocks?
the three rock families are igneous rock, metamorphic rock, and sedimentary rock
What are the major classification of rocks?
igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary
Which of the six major kinds of rock are intrusive and which are extrusive?
The six major types of igneous rock are as follows: Intrusive igneous rocks: Granite, Diorite, and Gabbro Extrusive igneous rocks: Rhyolite, Andesite, Basalt
Name the three families of igneous rocks?
This is a very simplistic answer. But, it should reveal the basic processes involved in rock formation.1. Sedimentary, like coal and limestone. They are made from particles of substances that settle and coalesce into a layer that becomes rock.2. Igneous, like granite and basalt. These rocks were formed by heat. Think of lava.3. Metamorphic: Marble and slate. These are rocks that were in another form and got changed by pressure into their present form.
Three major classics of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
When molten rocks cools what rocks form?
igneous rocks
How are rocks physically classified?
they are classified into 3 major kinds of rocksthey are the ;IGNEOUS ROCKS,SEDIMENTARY ROCKS,AND METAMORPHIC ROCKS
How many rocks are on the earth?
the three major rocks are igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rock. igneous- volcanic rocks sedimentary- rocks with layers on top metamorphic- rocks that formed to another rock
