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It is igneous because it crystallizes out of cooling magma.
It is intrusive because it can only form deep below ground. The magma cools down very slowly when it is deep below ground and this allows the different minerals that make up granite to grow crystals to sizes big enough that you can see them with the naked eye. If it had cooled fast, like if it was at the surface, then the individual crystals making it up would be super tiny and the resulting rock could not be classified as granite.
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Is Mt Rushmore intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Intrusive Igneous rock because it is made of granite and granite is intrusive igneous rock
Is Granite an organic sedimentary rock?
granite is an intrusive igneous rock
Is granite a glassy igneous rock?
Granite is not metamorphic, but an intrusive igneous rock formed from cooling magma.
Which is a sedimentary rock granite or limestone?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Intrusive igneous rock that has 7 letters?
the answer is granite
Is granite an intrusive rock?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
Is Mt Rushmore intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Intrusive Igneous rock because it is made of granite and granite is intrusive igneous rock
What group of rocks does granite belong to?
Granite is classified as an intrusive igneous rock.
Is Granite an organic sedimentary rock?
granite is an intrusive igneous rock
Is granite an igneous intrusive rock?
Yes
Which is an example of intrusive igneous rock?
granite
Granite is an example of what kind of rock?
Granite is an igneous rock. It is acidic and intrusive.
Is granite rock a extrusive rock?
No, granite is the most common intrusive igneous rock.
Is granite a glassy igneous rock?
Granite is not metamorphic, but an intrusive igneous rock formed from cooling magma.
Which is a sedimentary rock granite or limestone?
Limestone is a sedimentary rock. Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
What is an example of an intrusive igneous rock with large crystals?
Porphyrite of any composition, granite, gabbro, diorite. Most intrusive igneous rocks have crystals large enough to see with the naked eye. Another term used to define an igneous rock with large crystals is coarse-grained.
Is granite metamorphic sedimentary or igneous?
igneous. Made from slowly cooling magma. :)
