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Igneous Rock Features.

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1 Igneous Rock Features

2 Batholith Hardened magma chamber
Can be 100’s of kilometers wide, long and thick

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5 Laccolith Magma that came up through the crust and hardened, but never broke through and never became a volcano. Pushes up layers of rock Smaller than a batholith

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7 Dike Magma squeezes into vertical cracks that cut across rock layers

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9 Sill Magma squeezes into horizontal cracks between rock layers

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11 Volcanic neck A volcano stops erupting and the magma hardens inside the vent. Erosion wears away the sides of the volcano and leaves the solid center

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14 Caldera Large opening formed when the top of a volcano collapses down into the partially emptied magma chamber

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16 Volcanic Bombs, Easter Island
Devil’s Postpile, CA

17 Giant’s Causeway, Ireland


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