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Igneous rocks vary greatly in composition and method of formation, resulting in diverse densities.

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Igneous rocks can look very different depending on?

Igneous rocks look different depending on how fast the magma cools.


Are metamorphic rocks more dense than sedimentary or igneous rocks?

Igneous rocks are denser than sedimentary rocks because the particles and materials making up the igneous rock are more closely packed and compacted making more matter able to fit into a tiny area of its structures.


Olivine and pyroxene are commonly found in igneous rocks that are?

Olivine and pyroxene are commonly found in igneous rocks that are mafic in composition. These minerals indicate that the rock formed from magma with a higher iron and magnesium content. Mafic igneous rocks tend to be dark in color and have higher densities compared to felsic rocks.


How are metamorphic rocks igneous rock and sedimentary rocks different?

Metamorphic rocks originate as igneous and sedimentary rocks, but have been changed by heat and pressure.


How many types of rocks?

There are lots of different types of rocks in the world.


When molten rocks cools what rocks form?

igneous rocks


Why do igneous rocks that have the same composition sometimes have different sizes of mineral grains?

This is as a result of difference in the rate of cooling of the Igneous rocks.


What is one way igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks are different?

igneous rocks are made of lava that cools and hardens and metamorphic rocks are madeby heat and pressure.


What rocks are formed from molten rock that has solidified?

Igneous rocks, which come in many different forms.


What are igneous rocks that form over the surface?

Rhyolititcen rocks.


What do you call rocks that have been formed from the hot molten material within the earth's crust that has cooled and hardened?

Igneous rocks are formed by the solidification of molten materials.


Why don't igneous rocks look like magma rocks if igneous rock is formed from magma?

Because that is the very definition of igneous rock.