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The Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification

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1 The Scheme for Igneous Rock Identification

2 A Brief Tour

3 Grain Size Description Crystal size

4 Igneous rocks have “Intergrown Crystals”

5 Intergrown

6 Intergrown

7 Not Intergrown

8 Where it was formed Outside the volcano: Extrusive
Inside the Earth: Intrusive Where it was formed

9 Bubbles? Yes= Vesicular

10 Bubbles? No=Non-vesicular

11 Color Neither Light nor Dark Very Light NotVery Light Not Very Dark
Darkest Lightest

12 Medium Density Density Light Dense Very Dense

13 Finding The Minerals Unless you have other information,
work in the middle of the rock’s box. Identify the rock.

14 This is the amount of Potassium Feldspar in the rock.

15 This is the amount of Quartz in the rock.

16 This is the amount of Plagioclase Feldspar in the rock.

17 Name a light-colored, fine-grained
rock with no bubbles. Practice

18 Name a coarse-grained, dense rock.

19 Name a very light-colored, glassy,
extrusive rock with bubbles.


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