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IGNEOUS ROCKS
Learning Objectives: To understand that crystal size in igneous rocks is related to the cooling rate of a magma. To recognise that magma viscosity affects the type of volcanic activity and the shape of the volcano
To recognise and interpret the differing shapes of volcanoes from diagrams/photographs To understand that Igneous bodies can be distinguished by their structures and field relationships
CRYSTALLIZATION
the formation and growth of a crystalline solid from a liquid or a gas; crystals are the orderly arrangement of atoms in a framework
CRYSTALLIZATION
Name 2 minerals which:
1. Crystallise from a melt? 2. Crystallise from solution in evaporating water? 3. Crystallise as cement in pores of rocks?
Olivine
Feldspar
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Biotite Quartz
Granite
MAGMA - molten rock and dissolved gas (in the subsurface). When it comes to the surface it releases the gases (H20, CO2, SO2, N2, CH4)
LAVA - magma that reaches the Earth's surface before cooling (most gasses have escaped).
Mafic Rocks
Intrusive
Extrusive
Intermediate Rocks
Intrusive
Extrusive
Felsic Rocks
Intrusive
Extrusive
ingvallavatn, Iceland
SHIELD VOLCANO
IGNEOUS TEXTURES
Summary
Mafic Intermediate Felsic
Intrusive
Extrusive
Gabbro
Basalt
Diorite
Andesite
Granite
Rhyolite
Ropey Lava
Blocky lava
Pillow lava
Vesicular lava
Amygdaloidal lava
Flood Basalts
Columnar Jointing