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What are igneous rocks that form on lava?
Extrusive igneous rock, like basalt and rhyolite.
Is granite an intrusive rock?
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock.
What is the igneous rock between granite and basalt?
Andesite is considered an intermediate rock between granite (felsic igneous rock) and basalt (mafic igneous rock), based on chemical composition.
Is basalt igneous sedimentary metamorphic?
Basalt is an igneous rock . . . it is pretty much hardened lava.
What is igneous rock formed from magma?
An igneous rock formed from magma is intrusive.
Is basalt intrusive?
No. Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock.
Is basalt a most common intrusive rock?
No. Basalt is the most common extrusive igneous rock.
What is the relationship between basalt gabbro and obsidian?
Basalt and obsidian are extrusive igneous rocks. Gabbro is an intrusive igneous rock.
How is basalt different from gabbro?
Basalt is an Extrusive Igneous Rock, it is a fine grained textured rock, While Gabbro is an Intrusive Igneous Rock and it has a Coarse grain texture.
What is the type of igneous rock formed beneath the surface of the earth?
Igneous rock formed from cooling magma below the surface is called intrusive igneous rock.
How are basalt and granite different in their Orgin texture and mineral composition and how are they similar?
Both rocks are igneous rock but basalt is an aphanitic igneous rock while granite is a common type of felsic intrusive igneous rock.
What is a black intrusive rock with small crystals?
Intrusive rock normally has visible crystals. Extrusive igneous rock has small crystals. A black extrusive igneous rock with small crystals could be basalt.
Which of the six major kinds of rock are intrusive and which are extrusive?
The six major types of igneous rock are as follows: Intrusive igneous rocks: Granite, Diorite, and Gabbro Extrusive igneous rocks: Rhyolite, Andesite, Basalt
What are two types igneous rocks?
Granite and basalt are the most common types of igneous rock. Igneous rock types, or classifications, also include those that are intrusive and extrusive. Intrusive igneous rock is formed from the solidification of slow cooling magma below the surface. Extrusive igneous rock is formed for the solidification of rapidly cooling lava at or near the surface.
Is basalt a igneous metamorphic or sedimentary rock?
Basalt is an extrusive igneous rock.
What are the sub categories of igneous rocks?
The two types are extrusive igneous rock, which solidifies from magma on the surface, and intrusive igneous rock, which solidifies below the surface. Basalt is extrusive, granite is intrusive.
What is igneous rock formed from magma below Earth's surface is called?
It is called an intrusive igneous rock.
