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  • Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, and Textures
    Features photomicrographs of minerals and textures in thin-sections of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
    www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html
  • Igneous Rock Identification: Nature's Fiery Cauldron
    One of the three principal classes of rocks, they are crystalline or glassy rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten magma.
    geology.csupomona.edu/alert/igneous/ignrxs.htm
  • Igneous Rocks
    Discusses Bowen's Reaction Series, igneous rock forming minerals, and strategies for igneous rock classification.
    csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/IgnRx/IgHome.html
  • Rob's Granite Page
    About granite, things granitic, and one man's quest for peer recognition.
    uts.cc.utexas.edu/~rmr
  • Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Class Materials
    Series of PowerPoint lectures covering topics such as igneous classification, magma generation, mid-ocean ridge basalts, and metamorphic textures and facies.
    www.whitman.edu/geology/winter/JDW_PetClass.htm
  • Wikipedia: Igneous Rock
    Hyperlinked overview of igneous rock, which is formed when magma cools and solidifies.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igneous_rocks
  • Magmatism at Ocean Ridges
    Report about documenting and understanding the nature and origin of the compositional variations observed in oceanic crustal rocks generated at ocean ridge spreading centers.
    www.agu.org/revgeophys/kinzle01/kinzle01.html
  • Minerals & Melts
    Software for computational thermodynamics in petrology.
    melts.uchicago.edu
  • Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
    Images from the High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography Facility at the University of Texas at Austin.
    www.ctlab.geo.utexas.edu/imagefolio/igmet/index.html
  • SOES Geology Collection Igneous Rocks
    Offers a virtual tray of common igneous rock specimens to study.
    www.soes.soton.ac.uk/resources/collection/minerals/igne-1/index.htm
  • Earth Science Lab: Igneous Rock Identification
    Includes igneous rock identification chart, information on texture and composition, and pictorial exercise for identifying the rocks.
    facweb.bhc.edu/academics/science/harwoodr/Geol101/labs/igneous
 



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