smooth and shiny with no visible grain.
Igneous rock that cools quickly may have a fine-grained texture, with small mineral crystals that are not easily visible to the naked eye. Examples include basalt and rhyolite.
When lava cools quickly, the minerals in it form very tiny crystals which can usually only be seen under a microscope. To the eye, this results in a smooth appearance.
The main difference is that the glassy textured igneous rock cooled from lava with extreme quickness, while the one with a fine texture cooled less quickly. Obsidian is a natural glass, created by rapidly cooling lava, where mineral crystals do not have enough time to form before the lava solidifies.
The resulting texture is called glassy. This texture forms when lava cools so quickly that no crystals have time to grow, resulting in a smooth, glass-like appearance.
Igneous rock forms when magma cools and hardens. This type of rock can be classified as intrusive (plutonic) if it cools below the Earth's surface (slow cooling) or extrusive (volcanic) if it cools quickly on the Earth's surface. Examples of igneous rocks include granite, basalt, and obsidian.
Smooth and shiny with no visible grain.
Igneous rock that cools quickly may have a fine-grained texture, with small mineral crystals that are not easily visible to the naked eye. Examples include basalt and rhyolite.
Extrusive igneous rock forms when lava cools quickly on the Earth's surface. This rapid cooling prevents large crystals from forming, resulting in a finer-grained texture. In contrast, intrusive igneous rock forms when magma cools slowly beneath the surface, allowing for the development of larger crystals.
When lava cools quickly, the minerals in it form very tiny crystals which can usually only be seen under a microscope. To the eye, this results in a smooth appearance.
Lava cools quickly and forms rocks with small crystals. They are called extrusive igneous rocks.
The main difference is that the glassy textured igneous rock cooled from lava with extreme quickness, while the one with a fine texture cooled less quickly. Obsidian is a natural glass, created by rapidly cooling lava, where mineral crystals do not have enough time to form before the lava solidifies.
When melted rock cools, it forms igneous rock. The process of cooling allows the molten rock, also known as magma or lava, to solidify and form crystals. Igneous rocks can have different textures and compositions depending on how quickly or slowly the rock cools.
glassy texture, hope this helps :)
The resulting texture is called glassy. This texture forms when lava cools so quickly that no crystals have time to grow, resulting in a smooth, glass-like appearance.
A gas filled rock that cools quickly is likely a vesicular basalt. This type of rock forms from lava that is erupted from a volcano and cools rapidly, trapping gas bubbles inside. The rapid cooling prevents the bubbles from escaping, creating a porous texture.
igneous Extrusive is cool on the outside of the crust and cools quickly before crystal forms igneous Intrusive is cool on the inside of the crust and cools slowly and allowing crystal to form
An extrusive igneous rock is when a volcano erupts and magma flows down, then cools, forming rocks.