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What is an igneous rock that may have cooled deep beneath the earths surface and has a dark blackish green color?
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The likely rock is gabbro, a mafic rock chemically equivalent to basalt. It consists of the minerals amphibole, pyroxene, plagioclase, and olivine.
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Igneous rock that forms beneath Earth's surface is called?
Igneous rock which solidifies from magma underground is classified as intrusive igneous rock.
Which igneous rocks form below earth's surface?
Intrusive igneous rocks form from cooled magma below Earth's surface.
Magma that reaches the Earth's surface is called what?
Magma that reaches the surface is referred to as lava.magma that has reached the earth's surface tends to cool faster, that is why the rock will have more holes in it than a rock that has not reached the earth's surface. magma that has cooled enough to become a rock is known as a igneous rock. but there are two types of igneous rock. ther is intrusive igneous and extrusive igneous. intrusive is when the magma has cooled on the inside. this rock will have large crystals because it has cooled slower and most likely it will have a fine grained texture. extrusive igneous is when magma has reached earths surface (thats when it becomes lava) and has cooled. these rock with either have very small microscopic crystals or no crystals at all because the lava cools so quickly that they do not have enough time to really form.
Name one mafic igneous rock formed when melted rock material cooled near the surface of the earth?
Granite
What is the major difference between intrusive rocks and extrusive igneous rocks?
Extrusive means that the lava has come out and cooled on the surface. Intrusive means that the lava has cooled in the Earth i.e. underground.
Igneous rock that forms beneath Earth's surface is called?
Igneous rock which solidifies from magma underground is classified as intrusive igneous rock.
Magma is molten material that forms .?
Magma is molten material that when cooled forms a solid called igneous rock
Which rock type forms from cooled magma?
what type of rock is formed from magma and cooled on earth surface
What is the name of a magma cooled on the surface?
When magma cools on the surface it forms igneous rock.
What is Hot magma cooled on earths surface?
Extrusive igneous rock.
Is all igneous rock formed from lava that cooled on Earths surface?
No the rock may have cooled underground but yes all igneous rock was once magma.
Which igneous rocks form below earth's surface?
Intrusive igneous rocks form from cooled magma below Earth's surface.
What is the Cause of extrusive igneous rocks?
They are rocks that formed from cooled lava on the earth's surface.
What type of rock is formed from the magma that is cooled above earth's surface?
Igneous rock. the definition of igneous: Formed by solidification from a molten state.
What is the different between extrusive and intrusive rocks?
Intrusive: An intrusive igneous rock is formed from magma undergroundExtrusive: An extrusive igneous rock is formed from lava outside of the volcano.
What is the magma that reaches the earth's surface?
Magma that reaches the surface is referred to as lava.magma that has reached the earth's surface tends to cool faster, that is why the rock will have more holes in it than a rock that has not reached the earth's surface. magma that has cooled enough to become a rock is known as a igneous rock. but there are two types of igneous rock. ther is intrusive igneous and extrusive igneous. intrusive is when the magma has cooled on the inside. this rock will have large crystals because it has cooled slower and most likely it will have a fine grained texture. extrusive igneous is when magma has reached earths surface (thats when it becomes lava) and has cooled. these rock with either have very small microscopic crystals or no crystals at all because the lava cools so quickly that they do not have enough time to really form.
Does igneous rocks mean fire rocks?
Sort of. An igneous rock is one that started as molten magma and then cooled and solidified either above, on, or below the surface.
