When teaching about igneous rocks, one trick instructors often implement to help students determine the igneous composition of the samples is to use the color of the rocks as a guide.Explain how the color of an igneous rock can often be used as an indicator of its igneous composition.Be sure to reference specific minerals for each composition.
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