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Produced under conditions involving intense heat, igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state, especially from molten magma.

an igneous rock is a lava rock that has cooled!

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Igneous means Fire in what lanauge?

"Igneous" comes from the Latin word "ignis" which means fire.


What rock means from fire im latin?

igneous rock


What is igneous material?

Igneous means that it usually comes from a volcano. For example, igneous rock is rock from a volcano


What rocks have the name that means fire?

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What does cycle?

cycle means it cycles between sedimentary,metamorphic and igneous rocks. cycle means it cycles between sedimentary,metamorphic and igneous rocks. -Mrs.Zalenski


Why is an igneous rock called a igneous?

there's a Latin word called "igneus" which means fire and the igneous rock is formed by lava, but that's a different subject.


What is the difference between an intrusive and an extrusive igneous rocks?

"intrusive" means forced into something, "extrusive" means forced out onto the surface. The igneous magma reaching the surface is therefore extrusive , producing extrusive igneous rocks, and all the rest of the magma is intrusive, producing intrusive igneous rocks.


How igneous rock form?

Whenever molten lava or magma cools and solidifies, it becomes igneous rock.


Which rocks have a name that means ''fire''?

Igneous rocks are rocks that form from the cooling of magma or lava, and "igneous" is derived from the Latin word for "fire." Examples of igneous rocks include basalt, granite, and pumice.


Does sedimentary rock form when lava cools quickly?

No igneous rock does. A hint for remembering that is igneous sounds like ignite which means to burn.


What does it mean for an igneous rock to have fine grain?

it means unfoliated that's my answer


What does the name igneous mean?

"Born from fire" Igneous rock tends to made in volcanoes.