A texture of igneous rocks in which the crystals are too small for individual minerals to be distinguished without the aid of a microscope.
Igneous rocks with crystals too small to be seen without a microscope are.
Phaneritic coarse grained texture an igneous rock texture in which the crystals are roughly equal in size and large enough so the individual minerals can be identified without the aid of a microscope.
Forming outside on the surface of earth s crust the mineral crystals in obsidian are too small to see without a microscope.
The individual mineral crystals present here are too small to be seen with the naked eye and in most cases require a microscope to identify.
Molten rock beneath earth s crust 1.
Made up of mineral grains or crystals that are too small to be seen without a microscope.
They are given this name because the crystals that form within them are so small that they can be seen only with a microscope.
Made up of atleast two very different sized grains.
Made up of grains or crystals that are large enough to be seen without a microscope.
An igneous rock consisting mostly of crystals large enough to see without a hand lens 1 mm has a coarse grained or phaneritic texture.
If lava cools almost instantly the rocks that form are glassy with no individual crystals like obsidian.