Explain several factors for the crystallizing of magma within the earth to create the varities of igneious intrusive rocks
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Asked on: 17 Aug 2009
Heat and pressure and the presence of various minerals in different quantities are basically what account for the various different types of rocks that get formed deep inside the earth where the conditions are rather nasty and certainly would not be hospitable to life.
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