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Igneous Rock Textures
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- 1AphaniticFine grained, microscopic crystals, rapid cooling rate.
- 2PhaneriticCoarse-grained, large crystals, slow cooling rate
- 3PorphyriticMinerals form at different depths and temperatures. Large and small crystals, looks like a chocolate chip cookie.
- 4GlassyNo crystals, very rapid cooling rate
- 5PyroclasticFormed during highly explosive volcanic eruptions, mixture of rock fragments, pumice and ash
- 6VesicularFormed during volcanic eruptions, contains holes within the rock .
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- Geology FlashCards sobre Igneous Rock Textures, criado por Dimitris Tsamolias em 07-03-2018.
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