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Types of Igneous Rocks Explained

Granite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock that forms deep underground from the slow cooling of magma. It is generally light in color due to being composed primarily of quartz and feldspar minerals with small amounts of mica. Gabbro is also an intrusive igneous rock that forms similarly to granite but has a finer grain size due to faster cooling underground. Rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock related to granite that forms from cooled lava at the Earth's surface.

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Types of Igneous Rocks Explained

Granite is a coarse-grained intrusive igneous rock that forms deep underground from the slow cooling of magma. It is generally light in color due to being composed primarily of quartz and feldspar minerals with small amounts of mica. Gabbro is also an intrusive igneous rock that forms similarly to granite but has a finer grain size due to faster cooling underground. Rhyolite is an extrusive igneous rock related to granite that forms from cooled lava at the Earth's surface.

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ROCKS

Igneous rock: Plutonic Rocks


Granite
Granite is an intrusive igneous rock. Intrusions (plutons) are bodies of igneous rock that result from crystallization of magma deep underground. Slow cooling at depth in the Earth produces larger crystals (coarse grained) that can easily be seen by the unaided eye. Granite is generally light colored in shades of white grey or pink. !inerals are mostly "uartz and feldspar with small amounts of mica (muscovite or biotite).

Gabbro

Igneous rocks: Volcanic rocks


Rhyolite

Pumice

Common Igneous Rocks

volcanic

pumice volcanic

obsidian

rhyolite plutonic

basalt

granite

gabbro

granite gabbro

Sedimentary rocks
Conglomerate

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