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Q: Why does a glassy obsidian have few or no minerals?
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Smooth glassy rock?

Obsidian: Its texture is glassy. Obsidian is extrusive or volcanic, because the instantaneous cooling that produces such rocks is a surface phenomenon. Obsidian is amorphous, so, unlike true rocks, it is not composed of minerals.


What igneous rock has no visible crystals?

Granite is a coarse grained igneous rock without Pyroxene.


What texture of obsidian?

Obsidian is an extrusive rock that cooled very rapidly without forming crystals. As a result, obsidian has a smooth, shiny texture of a thick piece of glass.


What is dark glassy volcanic rock called?

obsidian


What texture does obsidian have?

A glassy texture.


Is it Obsidian a natural gas?

Obsidian is a type of glassy lava not a gas.


What is a glassy rock?

Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic form of glass.


Obsidian is a glassy form of?

Extruded lava.


What is smooth glassy lava called?

Obsidian.


What is a glassy grained extrusive rock?

Obsidian.


Where does obsidian rock cools down?

Obsidian is an glassy, extrusive, igneous rock that is found in areas that have experienced rhyolitic eruptions. Obsidian is formed when the rhyolitic lava comes into contact with water. This quick-cooling results in the glassy texture of obsidian.


A glassy fine grained extrusive rock?

Obsidian