An intrusive igneous rock has larger crystals than an extrusive igneous rock because it has had a longer period of time to solidify underground.
Granite is an igneous rock that cools deep underground. It is formed from the slow cooling of molten rock below the Earth's surface, allowing large mineral grains to form.
Igneous rocks are formed when lava cools. After a eruption, the lava cools, and the igneous rock is formed.
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No, melted rock that cools quickly result in igneous rock with large minerals because large crystals take time to form and the rocks that usually have them are the ones that were formed inside the earth.
A rock that is formed when magma cools is called a igneous rock.
Extrusive igneous rock.
magma cools to form igneous rock
the type of rock formed when lava or magma cools is igneous rock..
when it cools undera lot of pressure underground it is an intrusive igneous. If it cools on the surface of the earth then it is an extrusive igneous.
Igneous rock formed in the earths crust is known as intrusive rock. The magma that forms it cools slowly and therefore, creates rock with large crystals. An example of an intrusive igneous rock is granite.
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