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feldspar
syenite
resorption
basalt
hornfels
viridite
petrogenesis
scabland
ignite
pluton
abyssolith
batholith
chromitite
trap
emplacement
granite
igneously
xenocryst
radiolite
leucophanite
tholeiite
megacryst
hornblende
phenocryst
sodalite
exomorphism
tezontle
ijolite
volcanic neck
agpaite
amygdale
geobarometry
potassium argon dating
endoskarn
aureole
dyke
lamprophyre
microcline
hypersthenite
diabase
intrusive
pyroxenite
mafic
microgabbro
lherzolite
granodiorite
trondhjemite
laccolith
aphanite
pyrosphere
salband
leucite
nepheline
dunite
meteor
magmatism
carbonatite
trap rock
ultramafic
allotriomorph
feldspathoid
plutonic
tonalite
mesostasis
ilmenite
orthogneiss
dacite
poikilitic
lopolith
porphyry
volcanic
phaneritic
bytownite
ditroite
cumulate
harzburgite
andesite
peralkaline
exoskarn
eudialyte
peraluminous
endomorphism
rhyolite
jacupirangite
spilite
hornblendite
graphic
diopside
orthoclase
tephrite
thermoremanent magnetization
anorthosite
abyssal rock
basement
trachyte
leucoxene
geothermobarometry
pegmatite
schlieren
xenolith
rock
Definitions:
Adjective
igneous
pyrogenic
pyrogenous
Definition: produced under conditions involving intense heat; "igneous rock is rock formed by solidification from a molten state; especially from molten magma"; "igneous fusion is fusion by heat alone"; "pyrogenic strata"
igneous
eruptive
Definition: produced by the action of fire or intense heat; "rocks formed by igneous agents"
fiery
igneous
Definition: like or suggestive of fire; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"
Definition: Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.