Igneous Rocks
cooling or hardening of lava or magma
Extrusive
formed outside
Intrusive
formed inside
Texture
size, shape, order of mineral crystals
Felsic
light color rocks
thick
high silica
low density
Mafic
dark color rocks
thin
low in silica
high density
Porous
to have many holes
Coarse
rough
Fine
small smooth crystals
Obsidian
ONLY exception to the color rule
high in silica
Intermediate rocks
like both felsic and malfic rocks
Intrusive Rocks
Underground Large Course Slow speed Magma
Magma
Magma below the earth
Lava
Magma above the earth
Glassy/Glassy & Porous
Above no crystals glassy/porous very fast speed Lava
Extrusive
Above Invisable/small Fine Fast speed Lava