Writing Assignment: Famous Igneous Rocks 25 Points Some very famous stone products are made out of igneous rocks. Select one of the items in the list below and do some research on it. Then write a creative story about the travels or life history of the rock that makes up the item. Your story can be as creative as you like but must at least include: * An explanation of the conditions under which the igneous rock was formed in the first place * What the product is today‚ where it is located
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Incredible Igneous Rocks Granite is one of the most well-known and commonly found types of igneous rock. Granite batholiths are a common rock type found in Richmond‚ VA. These larger igneous‚ intrusive rocks are found near my grandparents’ home in Richmond‚ and as a child I would constantly climb and play on them. Looking at granite in class always reminds me of these batholiths by my grandparents’ home. Granite consists mostly of the minerals quartz‚ mica and feldspar‚ which give granite its typical
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About the Igneous rocks: The Igneous rocks are the oldest type of rocks among all. The word "Igneous" comes from a Greek word which means fire. In the deepest part of the Earth‚ the minerals are found in a liquid form‚ which is known as magma. When the magma pushes towards the surface of the Earth‚ it starts to get cool and converts into the solid Igneous rocks. The formation of Igneous Rocks: The Igneous rocks are known as the fire rocks and these are generally formed underground or above the
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Igneous Rocks Igneous rocks originate from deep within the Earth’s crust. Igneous rocks (from the Greek word for fire) are formed when magma crystallizes and solidifies. An increase in temperature‚ a change in the composition‚ or decrease in the pressure can cause melting of these rocks in the mantle which form igneous rocks. The melt begins deep below the surface of the Earth close to active plate boundaries. As the temperate increases the rocks rise toward the surface. Igneous rocks are divided
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CheckPoint: Igneous Rock SCI245 July 20‚ 2011 CheckPoint: Igneous Rocks The answer to how igneous rocks are formed is given in their name; Igneous is Latin for “fire”. This basically means igneous rocks are cooled fire rocks from magma or lava‚ depending on where they cooled and formed. There are two categories of igneous rocks that also depend on where each was formed. Intrusive igneous rocks are igneous rocks that form when magma cools slowly and becomes solid underground. Extrusive igneous rocks
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History of Rock Worksheet Write a 500- to 750-word explanation regarding the role of plate tectonics in the origin of igneous rocks. Igneous rocks can come from two hot liquid like materials‚ which are lava and magma‚ these to substances are a lot alike‚ magma is what lava is before it is taken to the Earth’s surface by a volcano eruption. These substances being such a large part of the forming of Igneous rocks is where the rock gets its name‚ the word igneous comes from the word ignis‚ which
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history was completed. This famous monument was call Mount Rushmore. Mount Rushmore is located in the black hills of South Dakota. It took about 400 workers and 15 years carving four presidents. For the past 60 years the same faces are still there. If I had to choose the 4 faces into the monument they would be great figures from the 20th century. The four people I have selected have played an important role in American history and the history of the world. They have made many contributions to better
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STATEMENT: geologists classify rocks based on how the rocks were formed. Rocks can be classified into three categories on the basis of their formation: igneous rocks‚ sedimentary rocks and metamorphic rocks. I. The first type is igneous rocks (from the Greek word for fire) which are formed from molten rock (magma) and lava. A. Formation 1.coming up of magma through cracks 2. forming a layer on surface or filling other cracks 3. cooling forming a very hard igneous rock 4. magma on the surface
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INTRODUCTION. Diorite is an igneous rock formed from the partial melting of the crust caused from by basaltic magma from the mantle. It is associated with batholiths‚ dikes and stocks usually around volcanic arcs. Its volcanic equivalent is andesite which is formed from strombolian type volcanoes. DISCUSSION Physical properties: Diorite is a phaneritic rock that is speckled black and white/grey with a very variable colour index of between 40 and 90 over short distances. The rock has an equigranular or
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My Own Mt. Rushmore Mt. Rushmore is one of America’s most recognized national monuments‚ sporting the faces of 4 of our nation’s greatest presidents: Abraham Lincoln‚ George Washington‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ and Thomas Jefferson. If I were to reconstruct Mt. Rushmore with faces of my choosing‚ I would choose to put 4 of my favorite people in the whole world: Nicolas Cage‚ Ryan Seacrest‚ Ivan Doroschuk‚ and Alana “Honey Boo-Boo” Thompson. Nicolas Cage is one of my role models because he is a
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