what are known as igneous rocks?Mention their cheif characteristics
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the name indicates, the igneous rocks form from due to solidification on cooling of molten magma or lava. Slow cooling and solidification (crystallization) deep down below the surface of earth will result in coarse granular rock, granite for example, plutonic/intrusive rocks.
Igneous rocks are those rocks which have solidified from the molten material or the lava ejected from the interior of the earth .
These rocks are massive means very hard and compact means close together .
These rocks are formed by the cooling and bardening of the earth material .
All igneous rocks are crystaline in nature and their size depends upon the rate of cooling of lava and magma .
Igneous rocks do not have layers and do not contain fossils .
These rocks are not easily weathered . Because there are no pores so water cannot easily enter .