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igneous rock

  1. Rocks formed by the cooling and solidifying of molten materials. Igneous rocks can form beneath the Earth 's surface, or at its surface, as lava .


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Granite, solid volcanic lava, and basalt are examples of igneous rock.
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In the process they learned that “a mid-crust composed of fractured igneous rocks saturated with liquid water best explains the existing data.â€

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Now if you were awake in high school science class, you’re thinking, igneous rock: volcanic lava.

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Among the new discoveries was finding primary igneous rocks in Jezero Crater.

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One popular theory suggests that minerals released by the weathering of igneous rock sucked enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to set off a deep freeze.

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Some of Rum's igneous rocks have a very similar mineral and chemical content to those found in the Séítah Formation within the Jezero crater on Mars.

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