How Do Igneous Rocks Form?
ES0603  Igneous Rock Textures and Cooling Rates

  !   Click each image to examine the rock's texture and infer its cooling rate and environment.

 

3. Identify the cooling rate (fast, slow, or two-staged) and cooling environment (magma chamber, eruption from volcano, or deep cooling followed by eruption) of the rock in each image. Record your answers in the table. 



	

 	

		
			
	

	
	

		 
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