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Chapter 4 Igneous Rocks
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Characteristics of magma
Igneous rocks form as molten magma cools and solidifies
General Characteristic of magma• Parent material of igneous rocks• Forms from partial melting of rocks
inside the Earth• Magma that reaches the surface is called
lava
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Characteristics of magma
General Characteristic of magma• Rocks formed from lava at the surface are
classified as extrusive, or volcanic rocks• Rocks formed from magma that
crystallizes at depth are termed intrusive, or plutonic rocks
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Characteristics of magma
The nature of magma• Consists of three components:
– A liquid portion, called melt, that is composed of mobile ions
– Solids, if any, are silicate minerals that have already crystallized from the melt
– Volatiles, which are gases dissolved in the melt, including water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and sulfur dioxide (SO2)
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Characteristics of magma
Crystallization of magma• Texture in igneous rocks is determined by
the size and arrangement of mineral grains
• Igneous rocks are typically classified by– Texture
– Mineral composition
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Igneous textures
Factors affecting crystal size • Rate of cooling
– Slow rate promotes the growth of fewer but larger crystals
– Fast rate forms many small crystals
– Very fast rate forms glass
• Amount of silica (SiO2) present
• Amount of dissolved gases
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Igneous textures
Types of igneous textures• Aphanitic (fine-grained) texture
– Rapid rate of cooling of lava or magma– Microscopic crystals– May contain vesicles (holes from gas bubbles)
• Phaneritic (coarse-grained) texture– Slow cooling– Crystals can be identified without a
microscope
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Aphanitic texture
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Phaneritic texture
Phaneritic
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Igneous textures
Types of igneous textures• Porphyritic texture
– Minerals form at different temperatures as well as differing rates
– Large crystals, called phenocrysts, are embedded in a matrix of smaller crystals, called the groundmass
• Glassy texture– Very rapid cooling of molten rock– Resulting rock is called obsidian
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Porphyritic texture
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Glassy texture
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Newberry Caldera Obsidian Flow
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Igneous textures
Types of igneous textures• Pyroclastic texture
– Various fragments ejected during a violent volcanic eruption
– Textures often appear to more similar to sedimentary rocks
• Pegmatitic texture– Exceptionally coarse grained– Form in late stages of crystallization of
granitic magmas
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Pyroclastic Texture
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Igneous Compositions
Felsic (feldspar and silica) rocks are composed of light colored minerals
Light (or nonferromagnesian) silicates– Quartz
– Muscovite mica
– Feldspars
Major constituents of continental crust
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Igneous Compositions
Mafic (magnesium and ferrum, for iron) rocks contain dark silicates and calcium-rich feldspars
Dark (or ferromagnesian) silicates– Olivine
– Pyroxene
– Amphibole
– Biotite mica
Comprise the ocean floor as well as many volcanic islands
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Igneous compositions
Other compositional groups• Intermediate composition
– Contain at least 25 percent dark silicate minerals
– Associated with explosive volcanic activity
• Ultramafic composition– Rare composition that is high in magnesium
and iron– Composed entirely of ferromagnesian
silicates
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Igneous Rock Chart
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks – felsic rocks• Granite
– Phaneritic– Over 25 percent quartz, about 65 percent or
more feldspar– May exhibit a porphyritic texture– Very abundant as it is often associated with
mountain building– The term granite covers a wide range of
mineral compositions
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Granite
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks –felsic rocks• Rhyolite
– Extrusive equivalent of granite
– May contain glass fragments and vesicles
– Aphanitic texture
– Less common and less voluminous than granite
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Rhyolite
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks –felsic rocks• Obsidian
– Dark colored– Glassy texture
• Pumice– Volcanic– Glassy texture– Frothy appearance with numerous voids
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Obsidian
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Pumice
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks – intermediate rocks
• Andesite– Volcanic origin
– Aphanitic texture
– Often resembles rhyolite
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Andesite
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks – intermediate rocks
• Diorite– Plutonic equivalent of andesite
– Coarse grained
– Intrusive
– Composed mainly of intermediate feldspar and amphibole
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Diorite
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks –mafic rocks• Basalt
– Volcanic origin
– Aphanitic texture
– Composed mainly of pyroxene and calcium-rich plagioclase feldspar
– Most common extrusive igneous rock
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Basalt (Scoria)
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks –mafic rocks• Gabbro
– Intrusive equivalent of basalt
– Phaneritic texture consisting of pyroxene and calcium-rich plagioclase
– Makes up a significant percentage of the oceanic crust
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Igneous compositions
Naming igneous rocks – pyroclastic rocks• Composed of fragments ejected during a
volcanic eruption• Varieties
– Tuff – ash-sized fragments
– Volcanic breccia – particles larger than ash
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Ash and pumice layers
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Origin of MagmaHighly debated topic
Generating magma from solid rock• Produced from partial melting of rocks in the
crust and upper mantle
• Role of heat
– Temperature increases within Earth’s upper crust (called the geothermal gradient)
• Role of pressure
– When confining pressures drop, decompression melting occurs
• Role of volatiles
– Volatiles (primarily water) cause rocks to melt at lower temperatures
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Estimated temperatures in the crust and mantle
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Decompression melting
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Evolution of magmas
A single volcano may extrude lavas exhibiting very different compositions
Bowen’s reaction series and the composition of igneous rocks
• N.L. Bowen demonstrated that as a magma cools, minerals crystallize in a systematic fashion based on their melting points
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Evolution of magmas
Bowen’s reaction series• During crystallization, the composition of
the liquid portion of the magma continually changes
– Composition changes due to removal of elements by earlier-forming minerals
– The silica component of the melt becomes enriched as crystallization proceeds
– Minerals in the melt can chemically react and change
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Evolution of magmasProcesses responsible for changing a magma’s composition
• Magmatic differentiation– Separation of a melt from earlier formed
crystals to form a different composition of magma
• Assimilation– Changing a magma’s composition by the
incorporation of foreign matter (surrounding rock bodies) into a magma
• Magma mixing– Involves two bodies of magma intruding one
another
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Assimilation and magmatic differentiation
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What rock is this?
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What rock is this?
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What texture is this rock?
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What texture is this rock?
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What texture is this rock?
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What texture is this rock?
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What rock is this?
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What rock is this?
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What rock is this?
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What rock is this?
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