Flashcards
Igneous Rocks
Cards in this deck (12)
- 1—Obsidian
Minerals: none
Parent magma: felsic
formed: extrusive
texture: glassy - 2—Rhyolite
Minerals: Orthoclase, biotite, quartz, plagioclase, amphibole
Parent Magma: Felsic
Formed: extrusive
Texture: aphanitic
- 3—Trachyte
Minerals: orthoclase, biotite, quartz, plagioclase, amphibole
Parent Magma: intermediate
Formed: hyperbassal
Texture: porphyritic
- 4—Granite 1
Minerals: Orthoclase, biotite, quartz, plagioclase, amphibole
Parent Magma: Felsic
Formed: intrusive
Texture: phaneritic
- 5—Granite 2
- 6—Diorite
Minerals: biotite, plagioclase, amphibole, pyroxene, quartz
Parent Magma: intermediate
Formed: intrusive
Texture: phaneritic
- 7—Basalt
Minerals: pyroxene, plagioclase
Parent Magma: Mafic
Formed: extrusive
Texture: aphanitic
- 8—Gabbro
Minerals: Pyroxene, plagioclase
Parent Magma: Mafic
Formed: intrusive
Texture: phaneritic
- 9—Breccia
Minerals: quartz, orthoclase, biotite
Parent Magma: N/A
Formed: extrusive
Texture: pyroclastic
- 10—Pumice
Minerals: none
Parent Magma: Felsic
Formed: extrusive
texture: glassy
- 11—Tuff
Minerals: N/A
Parent Magma: N/A
Formed: extrusive
Texture: pyroclastic
- 12—Peridotite
Minerals: olivine, pyroxene
Parent Magma: ultramafic
Formed: intrusive
Texture: phaneritic
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- 1 Earth Science Flashcards on Igneous Rocks , created by eturne8 on 20/10/2015.
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- eturne8 · Oct 2015
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