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Igneous Rocks

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In this igneous rocks worksheet, students identify and explain which minerals are the first to crystallize from cooling magma according to the diagram shown. Then they describe what types of rocks are formed by those minerals. Students also identify which mineral crystallizes at the lowest temperature.

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igneous rocks, rocks, granite, magma

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biotite, crystallization, feldspar, granite, igneous rocks, magma, orthoclase, silicate minerals, science
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10th - 11th
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Science
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