Igneous Rocks Hot rocks/Fire Rocks Igneous comes from Latin and means fire.
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Igneous Rocks
1.Contrast magma and lava.
3. Identify igneous rock textures (aphanitic, phaneritic, porphyritic, vesicular, glass) and their mineral composition.
2. Describe how the rate of cooling influences the size of crystals in igneous rocks.
Objectives
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Origin
"fire-formed rocks"
Crystallize from molten material:
•Magma - below the Earth's surface
•Lava - erupts onto the Earth's surface through a volcano or crack (fissure)
Lava cools more quickly because it is on the surface.
Cooling Rates
Cooling rates influence the texture of the igneous rock:
•Slow cooling = coarse grains
•Quick cooling = fine grains
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Igneous rocks are classified based on their:-texture-composition
Igneous textures1. Glassy - instantaneous cooling
e.g. Obsidian = volcanic glass
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Igneous textures
2. Aphanitic -fine grain size (< 1 mm); result of quick cooling
e.g. Basalt
Andesite
Rhyolite
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3. Phaneritic - coarse grain size; visible grains (1-10 mm); result of slow cooling
e.g. Granite
Gabbro
Diorite
Igneous textures
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4. Porphyritic - Mixture of grain sizes caused by mixed cooling history; slow cooling first, followed by a period of somewhat faster cooling.
Terms used for the textural components:•Phenocrysts - the large crystals•Groundmass or matrix - the finer crystals surrounding
the large crystals. Groundmass may be either aphanitic orphaneritic.
phenocrysts
matrix
Igneous textures
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e.g. porphyritic granite - phenocrysts usually potassium feldspar
phenocrysts
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e.g. porphyritic andesite - phenocrysts usually hornblende (amphibole)
phenocrysts
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e.g. porphyritic rhyolite
phenocrysts
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5. Vesicular - contains tiny holes called vesicleswhich formed due to gas bubbles in the lava or magma.
-Very porous (may resemble a sponge)-Commonly low density; may float on water
-e.g. pumice, scoria
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Pumice -light in color; white to gray; may be glassy or dull
-Fully riddled with holes. Very sponge-like. Floats
-Used as an abrasive. (Pumice stone, Lava Soap)
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Scoria - dark in color; brown, black, or dark red
- fully riddled with holes to form a spongy mass
(may find in barbecue grills as lava rock)
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Composition of Igneous Rocks
Igneous rocks can be placed into four groups based on their chemical compositions:
1. felsic
2. Intermediate
3. Mafic
4. Ultramafic
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1. Felsic-Usually light in color-Characteristic of continental crust
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-Rock types include:
•potassium feldspar (generally pink or white)•Na-plagioclase feldspar (generally white)•quartz (generally gray or colorless)•biotite
-Common minerals:
GraniteRhyolite
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•plagioclase feldspar•amphibole •pyroxene •biotite •quartz
2. Intermediate
-Rock types include : Andesite (aphanitic)
Diorite (phaneritic)
-Mixture of both light (felsic) and dark(mafic) minerals
-Minerals commonly present include:
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3. Mafic-Usually dark in color (dark gray to black)
-Characteristic of Earth's oceanic crust, Hawaiian volcanoes
-Also found on the Moon, Mars, and Venus
-Rock types include:
Basalt (aphanitic)
Gabbro (phaneritic)
-Minerals commonly present include:•Ca-plagioclase feldspar
•pyroxene
•olivine
•amphibole
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4. Ultramafic
-Rarely observed on the Earth's surface-Believed to be major constituent of Earth's mantle-Rock types include:
Peridotite (phaneritic) -dominated by olivine -the birthstone is Peridot, which gives its name toPeridotite