Igneous rock
A rock classification type
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About Igneous rock
Name:
for the Latin word Ignis, meaning fire
A rock that has solidified from a molten state, but may include some formed from related cumulate, deuteric, metasomatic or metamorphic processes. Rock formed by the solidification of molten material that originated within the earth or extraterrestrial bodies.
Unique Identifiers
Mindat ID:
48017
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:1:48017:8
GUID
(UUID V4):
(UUID V4):
ab291990-4aa4-48a8-9aad-118716f34c65
Classification of Igneous rock
- Rock
- Igneous rock
Sub-divisions of Igneous rock
- Igneous rock
- Normal crystalline igneous rock
- Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock
- Quartz-rich-coarse-grained-crystalline-rock
- Granitoid
- Syenitoid
- Dioritoid
- Gabbroid
- Anorthositoid
- Foid-syenitoid
- Foid-dioritoid
- Foid-gabbroid
- Foidolite
- Coarse-grained-ultramafic-rock
- Fine-grained ("volcanic") normal crystalline igneous rock
- Hybrid igneous rock and intrusive breccia
- Fine-grained ultramafic-rock
- Amneite
- Anam-aegisodite
- Anatectite
- Labradorite (of Senft)
- Andesilabradorite
- Barneite
- Bineite
- Diaschistite
- Ultramafic-rock
- Dolerite
- Ophiolite
- Porphyry
- Coarse-grained ("plutonic") crystalline igneous rock
- Exotic crystalline igneous rock
- Glassy igneous rock
- Fragmental/volcaniclastic igneous rock and sediment
- Pegmatite
- Diatectite
- Dissogenite
- Epidiorite
- Anthraphyre
- Aphanide
- Cantalite
- Eutectite
- Ferroplete
- Normal crystalline igneous rock
Common Associates
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
2 photos of Igneous rock associated with Celadonite | K(MgFe3+◻)(Si4O10)(OH)2 |
Internet Links for Igneous rock
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Cuesta Colorada, Andalgalá Department, Catamarca Province, Argentina