单词 | igneous rock |
释义 | igneous rock (once / 19798 pages) n WORD FAMILY igneous rock: igneous rocks USAGE EXAMPLESThe most accepted theory is that Devils Tower was created by underground magma that cooled and hardened into igneous rock. US News(Oct 04, 2016) That makes sense, Lanza said, because manganese deposits are "always going to be the result of dissolved igneous rocks in water." Washington Post(Jul 01, 2016) “Magnetite is typically something that geologists expect in igneous rocks. To find it in an animal is a bio-chemical anomaly.” Science Magazine(Jun 23, 2016) n rock formed by the solidification of molten magma Hypo|Hyper andesite a dark grey volcanic rock aplitelight-colored and fine-grained granitic rock consisting chiefly of quartz and feldspars groundmass(geology) the matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded adesitedark greyish extrusive rock batholite, batholith, pluton, plutonic rocklarge mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth dioritea granular crystalline intrusive rock gabbroone of a family of granular intrusive rocks pegmatitea form of igneous rock consisting of extremely coarse granite resulting from the crystallization of magma rich in rare elements peridotitea dark coarse-grained igneous rock consisting principally of olivine rhyolitevery acid volcanic rock volcanic rockextrusive igneous rock solidified near or on the surface of the Earth porphyritic rock, porphyryany igneous rock with crystals embedded in a finer groundmass of minerals agglomeratevolcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together amygdaloidvolcanic rock in which rounded cavities formed by expanding gas have subsequently become filled with mineral deposits dacitea grey volcanic rock containing plagioclase and quartz and other crystalline minerals basaltthe commonest type of solidified lava; a dense dark grey fine-grained igneous rock that is composed chiefly of plagioclase feldspar and pyroxene volcanic glassa kind of natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly graniteplutonic igneous rock having visibly crystalline texture; generally composed of feldspar and mica and quartz lavarock that in its molten form (as magma) issues from volcanos; lava is what magma is called when it reaches the surface tufa, tuffhard volcanic rock composed of compacted volcanic ash kimberlitea rare type of peridotite that sometimes contains diamonds; found in South Africa and Siberia rock, stone material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust |
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