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Lithification is a process of

forming sedimentary rock.

What determines how large the crystals in an igneous rock will be

How fast the magma or lava cooled.

How fast the rock cooled

After an earthquake which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismometer

P waves (APEX)

What igneous rocks form on or very near Earth's surface

extrusive

Large size crystals are known as phaneritic what

texture

The most common mineral group is broken into the subgroups of ferromagnesium and nonferromagnesium

Silicon and Oxygen

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