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| Inorganic, naturally occurring substances that have a characteristic chemical composition, distinctive physical properties, and crystalline structure. |
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| Solid materials that comprise most of Earth, our Moon, and the other rocky planets of our solar system. |
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| how light reflects from the surface of an object, such as a mineral. Metallic and non-metallic |
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| Molten (heated until liquefied) rock exists in isolated bodies below earth's surface. |
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| a body of magma that makes it's way to the earth's surface. |
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| an intrusion that has cooled to form a coarse-grained rock with visible mineral crystals. |
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| Bubbly magma that erupts the the earth's surface. |
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| When lava on earth's surface quick cools, fine grained, comprised of tiny crystals and or glass. |
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| The crystals that stand out form the background in Porphyritic textured igneous rocks. |
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| the "background" on Porphyritic igneous rocks. |
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