Introduction to igneous rocks an igneous rock is any crystalline or glassy rock that forms from cooling of a magma. Igneous rocks make up about 90 percent of the rock in earths crust. Magmas and magmatic rocks an introduction to igneous petrology pdf natashamalone01. Pdf types and physical properties of igneous rocks of. Igneous rocks can also form on the earths surface when lava escapes from a volcano and solidifies quickly.
Direct and indirect associations between potassic igneous rocks, shoshonites and goldcopper deposits. Each rock group is further subdivided into subgroups that are defined by the mode of origin of the rocks. A magma evolves and changes composition as it moves and cools. Types and physical properties of igneous rocks of popov island in peter the great bay of the sea of japan article pdf available in russian journal of pacific geology 82. Igneous rocks that cooled on the surface are termed extrusive. Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. On the basis of mode of formation the rocks are divided into three categories. Petrography the branch of geology dealing with the description and systematic classification of rocks, especially by microscopic examination of thin sections. Igneous rocks igneous rocks form by cooling and crystallization of molten rock molten material residing below earths surface is known as magma, whereas the same material at the surface is called lava. Geologic structures and crustal deformation downloads. Igneous rocks igneous rocks form when magma cools and hardens. They include two types zvolcanic or extrusive igneous rocks form when the magma cools and crystallizes on the surface of the earth zintrusive or plutonic igneous rocks wherein the magma crystallizes at depth in the earth.
By carefully analyzing igneous rocks and interpreting the. Extrusive igneous rocks form quickly, because they form outside of the earths surface. File note series note 04 identifying igneous rocks in the field. This is the generic, base texture for most igneous extrusive rocks, thethis is the generic, base texture for most igneous extrusive rocks, the finegrained nature being a result of rapid cooling that prevents growthfinegrained nature being a result of rapid cooling that prevents growth of large crystals. Ask students to determine if their system used for classifying igneous rocks works well, or not, and to explain the issues. Because the earth was largely molten at its origin, magma may be considered the beginning of the rock cycle. Knowing the differences between these 3 types of rocks allows us to learn about earths past igneous rocks formation igneous rocks are formed by melting, cooling, and crystallization of other rocks. The most obvious and unequivocal examples are the lavas which have been poured out from presentday volcanoes.
C1 rocks and magmas a rock is defined as a consolidated mixture of minerals. Igneous rocks make up more than 90% of the earths crust, by volume up to a. Igneous rocks are classified according to the relative abundances of different minerals. Lecture notes 3 igneous rocks glendale community college. Observe there are a few aphanitic and glassycellular rocks for which color will just not work for classification, and if you try to use color the identification will be wrong.
Igneous rocks and processes revised on 102011 page 5 of 10 finegrained or aphanitic. Rocks formed from magma at depth are intrusive, or plutonic rocks. Textures and structures of igneous rocks free download as powerpoint presentation. Lava is molten rock that has reached the surface of the earth.
The main minerals in igneous rocks are hard, primary ones. Which glass slide represents crystals formed from intrusive igneous rock and which slide. Igneous rocks formed of cooled lava or volcanic ejecta are common, but most molten material cools below. Igneous rocks form from cooled and solidified magma or lava. Photo used with permission from mike jarvis, naperville central hs, naperville, il igneous from the latin meaning fire formed, is a rock type that forms from the solidification of a molten mineral solution. To simplify the discussion we are severely reducing the number of. A magma consists mostly of liquid rock matter, but may contain crystals of various minerals, and may contain a gas phase that may be dissolved in the liquid or may be present as a separate gas phase. This will lead us into discussions on magma, silicate minerals, and the construction of a useful illustration that may be used to both name an igneous rock and determine its mineral content. This reader emphasizes how all igneous rocks are formed and explores how the formation is related to igneous rock classification. There are 3 nice classes of rocks, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic, and most of the time, they are easy to inform apart. A given rock is represented by a vertical line in the diagram. Igneous rocks contain information about how they originate. By comparison of their characters with those of certain igneous rocks intercalated in the geological column, it can be shown that the latter are the lavas of. The most abundant rock in the earths crust is none other than the igneous rock type.
The magma can be derived from partial melts of existing rocks in either a planets mantle or crust. The genesis of igneous rocks 307 exist between igneous phenomena and earth movements, and has at the same time been able to trace to a considerable extent the progress of differentiation in igneous magmas. The rocks resulting from volcanic eruptions cool rapidly and are known as extrusive igneous rocks, because the magma was extruded from the earth. An igneous rock or a part of an igneous rock with a finegrained or aphanitic texture has crystals, but they are too small to recognized with the unaided eye. Just like the apples, butter, flour, and sugar are the ingredients of apple pie, minerals like quartz, mica, and feldspar are the ingredients of an igneous from the latin word for fire rock called granite. This book is for geoscience students taking introductory or intermediatelevel courses in igneous petrology, to help develop key skills and confidence in identifying igneous minerals, interpreting and allocating appropriate names to unknown rocks presented to them. The products of alteration provide insights into the characteristics of hydrothermal systems. Mcsween, in encyclopedia of the solar system third edition, 2014. The lava forms rocks with tiny crystals, such as basalt. Igneous rocks originated through solidification of molten material either at or below the surface. Mineralbased classification of plutonic rocks steps are analogous if dioritegabbro.
Pdf classification and nomenclature of igneous rocks. Obtain additional specimens of igneous rocks have your students try to identify them using the technique in number 1. You can now state the basic concepts concerned with the formation of the earth and illustrate its complete structure and composition. Textures and structures of igneous rocks igneous rock. These rocks crystallize below the earths surface resulting in large crystals as the cooling takes place slowly. Igneous rocks igneous rocks form whenever molten rock cools and minerals crystallize to produce a solid rock. When lava cools quickly at or near earths surface, we get extrusive volcanic igneous rocks with small or no crystals. Rocks are classified into three distinct groups igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic and each is discussed in a separate section. Igneous rocks form as a result of volcanic activity, hot spots, and melting that. The distinguishing character of an igneous rock is that it has consolidated from a state of fusion. Hence the prerequisite for the formation of igneous rocks is the melting of rocks. The guide can also help engineers better understand why certain types of rocks and minerals have desirable or undesirable characteristics as potential. The felsic minerals include quartz, tridymite, cristobalite, feldspars plagioclase and alkali feldspar, feldspathoids nepheline and leucite, muscovite, and corundum.
The book thus serves, uniquely, both as a conventional course text and as a practical laboratory manual. Page lab 4 identification of igneous rocks introduction. Igneous rock derived from the latin word ignis meaning fire, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. In practice, this means that the average dimension of the crystals is less than 1 millimeter. When magma cools slowly inside earth, we get intrusive plutonic igneous rocks with large crystals. The prime characteristics of igneous rocks used for identification purposes are color and size of crystals. Lab 4 identification of igneous rocks introduction a rock is a substance made up of one or more different minerals. Have students create a newspaper article of a rock obituary that outlines an igneous rocks life. Formation of igneous rocks, types of igneous rocks, texture, structure, igneous bodys, origin of igneous rocks. Rocks that are dominated by hornblende, biotite and naplagioclase are called intermediate because they form at intermediate temperatures and lie midway between mafic and felsic rocks.
In the ultramafic field, the arrows represent a rock containing 40% olivine and 60% pyroxene. Occurrence, texture, and classification of igneous rocks. Intrusive igneous rocks form slowly, because they form inside the earths surface. Igneous rock, any of various crystalline or glassy rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material.
The major mineralogical components of igneous rocks can be divided into two groups. In the modern oceans, the mafic association is found in two specific settings. Igneous rocks form by partial melting of the planets deep interior. A fresh volcanic rocks data set containing four entries table 2 is used to monitor the results. Magmas and igneous rocks magma and igneous rocks igneous rocks are formed by crystallization from a liquid, or magma. Rock and mineral identification for engineers fhwa us. Unlike most impact melt rocks, impact glasses can be extremely het. Igneous rock igneous rock mineralogical components. The two bestknown igneous rock types are basalt and granite, which have distinctly different compositions and textures.
Diorite, granite, pegmatite are examples of intrusive igneous rocks. Ii occurrence, texture, and classification of igneous rocks gezahegn yirgu encyclopedia of life support systems eolss summary in this article, the manner in which igneous rocks occur in nature is introduced, followed by a discussion of the general textural features and appearance of these rocks. A mixture of minerals implies the presence of more than one mineral grain, but not necessarily more than one type of mineral. Igneous rocks form when magma, molten rock, rises upward. Theyre all connected to the endless rock cycle, moving from one type to a different and dynamic form, texture and even chemical composition of the method. Forms and structures of igneous rocks springerlink. Igneous rocks comprise such types as the common granites which formed from tremendously large masses of molten material intruded from depths of the earth into the crust, then 1. Molten rock is called magma if it occurs within the lithosphere and becomes lava when the molten rock is. All rocks which have been formed from an originally hot molten material by the process of cooling and crystallization are defined as igneous rocks. Classification of igneous rocks is based on the following four factors. Pdf igneous rocks formed by hypervelocity impact researchgate. A pdf version of this classification table will print as good as the original. Rocks formed from lava are extrusive, or volcanic rocks.
The significance of the olivinerich basaltic compositions found by spirit on the gusev cratered plains is that they appear to represent primitive magmas formed by melting in the mantle. Pdf igneous rocks are the primary building blocks of planetary crusts. Thus an essential part of rock identification is the ability to correctly recognize the major or most abundant minerals within a given rock sample. Types of rocks and their properties pdf download geography.
The igneous rocks are those which have solidified from a molten condition. Igneous rocks come from melted rock material, or magma. Homework table of characteristics of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks answer key. Teacher notes if your students have completed the plate tectonic units on volcanoes, they should be familiar with different volcanic environments. You have now successfully completed section 1 and 2 of this unit. Types of rocks and their properties pdf download geography the earths crust is composed of rocks.
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