Igneous Rocks


Intrusive
Slow Cooling

Extrusive
Fast Cooling

 
Texture
Coarse Grained Syenite Granite
Fine Grained Trachyte Rhyolite
Glassy or Frothy Pumice Obsidian
Felsic < 25% Dark Minerals
Texture
Coarse Grained Diorite
Fine
Grained
Andesite
Glassy 
or 
Frothy
Intermediate 25-50% Dark Minerals
Texture
Coarse Grained Gabbro
Fine 
Grained
Basalt
Glassy 
or 
Frothy
Scoria
Mafic Dark Minerals Dominate
Temperature of Mineral Formation
600 C
900 C
Increasing Density

 
Igneous Rock Links

This site has images of all the igneous rock types plus some great notes on the formation and identification of igneous rocks  http://www.dc.peachnet.edu/~pgore/geology/geo101/igneous.htm