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Noun Concept
Categories: Igneous petrology, Volcanology, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Igneous rocks, Articles with short description
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igneous rock  Igneous basement Rock  decompression melting  igneous  igneous body
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Igneous rock, or magmatic rock, is one of the three main rock types, the others being sedimentary and metamorphic. Wikipedia
One of the three main rock types; formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava Wikidata
A rock formed when molten rock (magma) cools and solidifies, with or without crystallization. OmegaWiki
One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth; formed by the cooling of molten rock, either below the surface (intrusive) or on the surface (extrusive). Wiktionary
One of the major groups of rock that makes up the crust of the Earth. Wiktionary (translation)