Meaning | rock formed by the solidification of molten magma. |
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Narrower | adesite | dark greyish extrusive rock |
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andesite | A dark grey volcanic rock |
aplite | light-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars |
batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock | large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth |
diorite | A granular crystalline intrusive rock |
gabbro | One of a family of granular intrusive rocks |
groundmass | (geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger / larger crystals are embedded |
pegmatite | A form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements |
peridotite | A dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine |
porphyry, porphyritic rock | Any igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals |
rhyolite | Very acid volcanic rock |
volcanic rock | extrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth |
Broader | rock, stone | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
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Substances | sodalite | A vitreous mineral consisting of sodium aluminum silicate and sodium chloride in crystalline form |
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Spanish | roca ígnea |
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Catalan | roca ígnia, roques ígnies |
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