CLASSIFICATION AND PROPERTIES OF IGNEOUS ROCKS AND MAGMAS

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION Grain Size Fine Coarse Rhyolite Granite Andesite Diorite Basalt Gabbro Peridotite

% Silica
% Dark (Heavy) Minerals Names of Common Minerals Color Density (gram/cubic centimeter) Melting Temperature (degrees C) Viscosity of Magma Extent of Lava Flows % Volotile Fluids Type of Eruption Type of Major Volcamoes Clinder Cones? Tectonic Setting: 1. Continental Rift 2. Mid-Ocean Ridge 3. Convergent Plate Boundary 4. Hot Spot 5. Continental Collision Zone Where Solidified: a) Upper Crust b) Mid-to-Lower Crust c) Mantle

70%
30% K-Feldspar Quartz Light Colors 2.7 800 High Very Small Area 15% Very Explosive Composite No Rhyolite 1a, 3a, 4a

60%
40% Plag Feldspar Amphibole Intermediate 2.8 950 Intermediate Small Area 8% Explosive Composite Sometimes Andesite 3a

50%
50% Plag Feldspar Pyroxene Black 2.9 1100 Low Large Area 1% Quiet Shield Often Basalt 1a, 2a, 3a, 4a

30%
70% Olivine Pyroxene Dark Green 3.3 1400

Granite 3b, 5b

Diorite 3b

Gabbro 1b, 2b, 4b

Peridotite 2c

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Prof Umar Farooq DIRECTOR Institute of Geology,

COOLING HISTORY Position Rock Type Above Surface Extrusive (Volcanic) Below Surface Intrusive (Plutonic)

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