Natural glass such as obsidian forms when ____.
A) magma cools too rapidly for crystals to form
B) pegmatite melts, moves to Earth's surface and ,re-forms
C) magma cools too slowly for crystals to form
D) magma has a very low silica content
E) gas escapes through lava
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Q22: One example of a vesicular felsic rock
Q23: Most plutons form _.
A)well within plates
B)from extruded
Q24: Aphanitic, phaneritic, and porphyritic are terms that
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A)includes melting and
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Q29: Both batholiths and stocks are _.
A)mostly discordant
B)not
Q30: Large crystals found in a fine-grained groundmass
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