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    This document provides a classification of igneous rocks based on their silica content, color, texture, and mode of occurrence. Igneous rocks are grouped into categories based on having >65%, 52-65%, 45-52%, or <45% silica content and are further characterized by their temperature, depth, dominant and accessory minerals, and whether they are volcanic or intrusive.

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    This document provides a classification of igneous rocks based on their silica content, color, texture, and mode of occurrence. Igneous rocks are grouped into categories based on having >65%, 52-65%, 45-52%, or <45% silica content and are further characterized by their temperature, depth, dominant and accessory minerals, and whether they are volcanic or intrusive.

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    SiO2(%) >65 52-65 45-52 < 45

    Color rate
    ( % of dark minerals )
    Temperature Depth
    Dominant minerals (Occurrence)
    Accessory minerals

    Glass

    (Photo and name of


    rocks) eg. Basalt
    Aphanitic
    (fine-grained) Eruption

    Porphyritic
    (two distinct grain Shallow intrusion
    sizes)
    Phaneritic
    (coarse-grained) Deep intrusion
    General Geology
    Homework 3

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