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What is a 4 letter word for a type of crystal grain that forms when molten rock cools quickly?
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Type or crystal grain that form when molten rock cools quickly?
Fine crystal grain.
Type of crystal grain that form when molten rock cools quickly?
Small crystal grains form when molten rock cools quickly. In an extrusive igneous rock, it's referred to as aphanitic texture.
Why do plutonic rock and volcanic rock have big and small crystals respectively?
The size of the crystals is a function of the rate of cooling of the molten rock. The faster the molten rock cools, the smaller the crystals will be.
How do rocks solidify from molten magma?
The same way any solid forms from a liquid - the liquid magma cools off and becomes solid. This usually happens when the magma comes to the cooler surface of the earth as lava, but it can occur very slowly inside of the earth as the magma gradually cools.
Where does in intrusive igneous rock form?
formed when molten rocks called magma becomes trapped in small pockets . As these pockets of magma cools slowly underground, the magma becomes igneous rocks
Crystal grain that forms when molten rock cools quickly?
Fine
Type Of Crystal that forms when molten rock cools quickly?
fine
Type or crystal grain that form when molten rock cools quickly?
Fine crystal grain.
Type of crystal grain that form when molten rock cools quickly?
Small crystal grains form when molten rock cools quickly. In an extrusive igneous rock, it's referred to as aphanitic texture.
Why does pumice have no crystal structure?
Pumice is made of glass. Glass forms when molten rock cools too quickly for crystals to form.
What type of crystal grain forms when molten rock cools quickly?
The crystal can be fine like Obseidian
What is the type of crystal grain that forms when molten rock cools quickly?
Small crystal grains form from rapid cooling of magma resulting in an aphanitic rock texture.
What is a type of crystal grain which is formed when molten rock cools slowly?
It is mineral
What type of crystal grain is formed when molten rock cools slowly?
Large crystals with a coarse crystal grain texture.
What causes different crystal shapes?
Crystals are made from molten magma that cools causing silicate minerals to crystallize. The different crystal shapes form differently as the magma cools at different rates.
What type of crystals form when molten rock cools quickly?
it forms ingenous rock ...
Is the crystal in igneous rock small if it cools quickly from magma?
yes
