extrusive

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Andesite is a fine crystalline intermediate extrusive rock.

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In some cases, extrusive lava cools so rapidly it does not develop crystals at all.

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Basalt and gabbro are the extrusive and intrusive names for mafic igneous rocks, and peridotite is ultramafic, with komatiite as the fine-grained extrusive equivalent.

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These are known as fine-grained extrusive, or volcanic, igneous rocks.

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Thus, granite is an igneous, intrusive rock; lava is an igneous, extrusive rock.

From Let's Collect Rocks and Shells by Shell Union Oil Corporation