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What type of rocks form from lava after a volcanic eruption?
Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling and solidifying of magma. The resulting rock can be instrusive (magma cooling within the crust) and extrusive (lava cooling on the surface). The most common kind of rocks are Granite (intrusive) and Basalt (extrusive).
What is category of igneous extrusive rock?
Some igneous extrusive rocks include obsidian, basalt, andesite, rhyolite, scoria, pumice, basaltic glass. If you want more, go to page 6 on the Earth Science Reference Tables at the related link.
What kind of rock is tuff?
Tuff is considered an extrusive igneous rock.
A rock that forms from cooling lava is classified as an?
An extrusive igneous rock.
Is rhyolite an example of an extrusive igneous rock?
Yes.
What is the best clue to tell in extrusive igneous rocks from in instrusive igneous rock?
assia
Which kind of of igneous has more crystals extrusive or intrusive?
instrusive Rock
What is the difference between an extrusive rock igneous rock and intrusive rock?
instrusive is inside the valcano and exstrusive comes onto earth's crust
What is the difference between an intrusive igneous rock and an extrusive rock?
instrusive is inside the valcano and exstrusive comes onto earth's crust
What are types of igneous rock?
igneous rocks are melted rocks and melted metal that cools quickly or slowly from a volcano and usually from magma.
What type of rocks form from lava after a volcanic eruption?
Igneous rocks are formed from the cooling and solidifying of magma. The resulting rock can be instrusive (magma cooling within the crust) and extrusive (lava cooling on the surface). The most common kind of rocks are Granite (intrusive) and Basalt (extrusive).
What type of rock is diabase?
igneous
A lava flow is an example of an igneous rock one of the two main igneous rock groups?
It is an example of extrusive igneous rock.
What rock is an example of instrusive igneous rosk?
Granite
What is the most extrusive igneous rock?
Basalt is the most common extrusive igneous rock.
What kind of rock is formed after a volcano erupts?
Extrusive igneous rock such as basalt, rhyolite, pumice, and obsidian.
Which is not a common extrusive igneous rock?
There are so many rocks that can be classified as not a common extrusive igneous rock. The most common extrusive igneous rock is basalt. Extrusive rocks are formed as a result of lava solidifying.
