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Can someone help me out with the geological definition of dike at dike? Extend it to a dike (geology) page if you like... Thanks. dave 17:19 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Done - or at least started. Dike (geology) -- Vsmith 03:19, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
The part on classification is pretty inadquate. Without having to totally rip off something else, we should at least either a) move it to a new page such as
Igneous rock classification and give it a good go, or at least condense the wisdom in the first part of
this. For instance, the current spiel focuses on poor but serviceable definitions of igneous rocks based entirely on whether they are felsic or mafic, without giving any regard to the chemistry (except the TAS diagram, which is a last resort anyway).
For instance there is no way to get stuck into the taxonomy of rocks in an organised manner, such as in that flowchart. There are principles to the taxonomy of igneous rocks after all. Even taking aside the fact it's a human endeavor, there are some rocks such as alkaline basalts, peralkaline and ultrapotassic rocks which are distinct solely because of their mechanism of melting - for instance thermal divides, etc. created by partial melting mechanisms. And there's the lack of a definition between calc-alkaline and tholeiitic.
Rolinator 05:25, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Be nice to see some citations for estimated temperature ranges of magma.
Thangalin 01:40, 23 October 2006 (PST)
Well written article, but I'm reluctant to give it better than a B class rating for "WikiProject Geology" until the references are actually cited in the text so we can see where statements came from. -- Zamphuor 15:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Nice job. yesterday I added 2 sentences on the extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks. Glad to see someone worked on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwebbxsjado ( talk • contribs) 14:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC) hey my name is shuhieb im doing a project can you guys help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.246.196.191 ( talk) 03:01, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm a casual user that noticed some vandalism on the page. I'm going to remove it, but I noticed in the history that this page has had a fair amount of vandalism for some strange reason. Someone a bit more saavy with the workings of Wikipedia might want to do something about it. —Preceding
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71.111.248.218 (
talk) 16:00, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Something along the lines of:
Porphyritic rocks are classified as either phaneritic or aphanitic according to the groundmass' texture. Further refinement to the classification is made by adding the adjectives porphyritic or porphyry to the name (i.e. porphyritic andesite or andesite porphyry.)
should be added to either this page or the pages on porphyry and porphyritic texture.
Zappa2496 (
talk) 07:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
the ingeous rock history is cool but the most important subject that relates to that is my science class who is studing that and my teacher he has many things to do with that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.153.110 ( talk) 19:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
at the top of the article it says taht igneous comes from the latin work ignis, but at the bottom it says it comes from the latin work igneus. This needs to be fixed Wumbla ( talk) 03:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
i want to know the ten examples of igneous rocks
HEY!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.151.179.162 ( talk) 21:59, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
ERROR HERE: "melting is caused by one or more of three processes: an increase in temperature, a decrease in pressure," SHOULD BE "increase in pressure" NOT "decrease in pressure". Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.7.224.211 17:36, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
First section of this article has been vandalized with crude sexual humor. I'm not sure how to fix this problem.
Also found that when I clicked on the sandbox, a lude illustration came up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.113.87.224 ( talk) 00:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
"igneous rocks can be either intrusive (plutonic), extrusive (volcanic) "
Intrusive/plutonic and extrusive/volcanic are not synonyms! A near surface lava sill is volcanic, but it is not extrusive. A dyke is intrusive, but it is not plutonic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.38.62.211 ( talk) 08:36, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Do you think this chart would be proper for the page?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igneous_Rock_Chart.PNG
There is also one for sedimentary and metamorphic. Andrew Colvin ( talk) 00:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
the igneous rock has other rocks such as:granite,basalt,obsidian,pumic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.27.86.49 ( talk) 22:06, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I tagged the statement that 95% of the crust is igneous and the rest metamorphic or sedimentary. That seems dubious to me - are any rocks at a depth of several km igneous? I can't access the page that is cited, but I can access this page, which says that 90-95% of the crust is igneous and metamorphic. RockMagnetist ( talk) 16:09, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
If I recall correctly old terms for Felsic, Intermediate, Mafic and Ultra Mafic were Acidic, Intermediate, Basic, Ultra Basic. It looks like the Felsic article mentions it
Quote:
In modern usage, the term acid rock, although sometimes used as a synonym, refers to a high-silica-content (greater than 63% SiO2 by weight) volcanic rock, such as rhyolite. The term was used more broadly in older geologic literature. It is considered archaic now, as the terms "acidic" and "basic rock" were based on an incorrect idea, dating from the 19th century, that silicic acid was the chief form of silicon occurring in rocks.
but I'd have thought there should be a mention somewhere on this page, and I guess it needs a reliable source too. EdwardLane ( talk) 02:00, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
I think this section should be added or similar that talks about the physical characteristics of rocks. RonRodex ( talk) 01:09, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
It is a good though, it should be added Zaneliswa ( talk) 10:03, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
I came here looking for a reference to stick into the Volcanism#Forming_rocks section (it probably ought to be called lithification but that rather interestingly redirects to diagenisis with no mention of solidification of igneous material), but I see lots of unsourced bits in this article. I don't doubt they are likely to be correct but I had thought igneous rock was formed by the 'crystalization' of magma/lava - but the lede here says
Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. Igneous rock may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks.
There might be a suitable reference in rock (geology)#Rock_classification but it's to a book, so harder to check. Solidification seems safe to use I agree, but are there igneous rocks that are not crystaline? Is it volcanic glass we're talking about or have I missed something else obvious? I'll change the volcanism article to say cools and solidifies (as that seems a safe short term solution). The rather stubby Formation of rocks looks to have the same issue (saying 'crystalised' from a magma/melt) using a reference from encyclopedia brittanica. EdwardLane ( talk) 11:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
There is some kind of protection on the article and I cannot edit it. Can anyone else put this in the "External links " section? The IUGS systematics of igneous rocks It can also be used to source a bunch of stuff in the article. KatieBoundary ( talk) 01:31, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
I don't get at all the chart, "basic classification scheme for igneous rocks based on their mineralogy". The chart has a Y axis labeled with "vol% of minerals". The caption is no help since it says:
So does that mean that a rock can have "0% minerals" and simultaneously be composed of the minerals, amphibole or olivine? Well, that's what the chart appears to be claiming. -- KarlHallowell ( talk) 17:01, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
This page is in serious need of references. Chestmas ( talk) 17:31, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
@
GeoWriter and
Andy Dingley: Of course there are igneous rocks on both worlds. But the sentence "the surface of the Moon and large parts of the surface of Mars are composed of igneous rock
" is not correct. The surface of the moon is almost exclusively covered with
regolith, thinner on the
lunar maria than in the
terrae. Even if you insist that the maria represent igneous rock, they make up only 16% of the surface area of the Moon. The rest is heavily modified by eons of bombardment. (See
[1], p. 3 and p. 12.)
Mars is more obviously volcanic in areas, especially the northern half. But there are and have been forces at work there reworking the surface: there is much evidence of fluid flow and sediment deposition, active aeolian deposits and erosion, and of course the ubiquitous cratering in the older areas. So the addendum "owing to a lack of the atmospheric processes that develop sedimentary rocks on Earth
" just adds another layer of mistaken assumptions.
I would prefer wording that talks about the
crust being composed of igneous rocks, instead of the surface. Or maybe something like evidence of igneous rocks on the moon include large areas of basalt flows in the maria, and volcanoes have erupted on Mars in the past.
(Only better) —
Gorthian (
talk) 01:31, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
The underlying bedrock of the maria is basaltic....Mare basalt typically extends hundreds of meters below the surface and locally reaches depths of about 5 km.
At least the upper few kilometers of the terra crust consists of breccia, a rock type composed of angular fragments (clasts) set in a finer-grained matrix.
Okay, here's a potential sentence and source:
Igneous rocks are found in abundance on all of the terrestrial planets and on the Moon.[2]
Thoughts? — Gorthian ( talk) 22:01, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
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Can someone help me out with the geological definition of dike at dike? Extend it to a dike (geology) page if you like... Thanks. dave 17:19 16 Jul 2003 (UTC)
Done - or at least started. Dike (geology) -- Vsmith 03:19, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
The part on classification is pretty inadquate. Without having to totally rip off something else, we should at least either a) move it to a new page such as
Igneous rock classification and give it a good go, or at least condense the wisdom in the first part of
this. For instance, the current spiel focuses on poor but serviceable definitions of igneous rocks based entirely on whether they are felsic or mafic, without giving any regard to the chemistry (except the TAS diagram, which is a last resort anyway).
For instance there is no way to get stuck into the taxonomy of rocks in an organised manner, such as in that flowchart. There are principles to the taxonomy of igneous rocks after all. Even taking aside the fact it's a human endeavor, there are some rocks such as alkaline basalts, peralkaline and ultrapotassic rocks which are distinct solely because of their mechanism of melting - for instance thermal divides, etc. created by partial melting mechanisms. And there's the lack of a definition between calc-alkaline and tholeiitic.
Rolinator 05:25, 28 December 2005 (UTC)
Be nice to see some citations for estimated temperature ranges of magma.
Thangalin 01:40, 23 October 2006 (PST)
Well written article, but I'm reluctant to give it better than a B class rating for "WikiProject Geology" until the references are actually cited in the text so we can see where statements came from. -- Zamphuor 15:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
Nice job. yesterday I added 2 sentences on the extrusive and intrusive igneous rocks. Glad to see someone worked on it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwebbxsjado ( talk • contribs) 14:29, 25 September 2007 (UTC) hey my name is shuhieb im doing a project can you guys help me —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.246.196.191 ( talk) 03:01, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
I'm a casual user that noticed some vandalism on the page. I'm going to remove it, but I noticed in the history that this page has had a fair amount of vandalism for some strange reason. Someone a bit more saavy with the workings of Wikipedia might want to do something about it. —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
71.111.248.218 (
talk) 16:00, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
Something along the lines of:
Porphyritic rocks are classified as either phaneritic or aphanitic according to the groundmass' texture. Further refinement to the classification is made by adding the adjectives porphyritic or porphyry to the name (i.e. porphyritic andesite or andesite porphyry.)
should be added to either this page or the pages on porphyry and porphyritic texture.
Zappa2496 (
talk) 07:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
the ingeous rock history is cool but the most important subject that relates to that is my science class who is studing that and my teacher he has many things to do with that —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.250.153.110 ( talk) 19:49, 8 September 2008 (UTC)
at the top of the article it says taht igneous comes from the latin work ignis, but at the bottom it says it comes from the latin work igneus. This needs to be fixed Wumbla ( talk) 03:05, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
i want to know the ten examples of igneous rocks
HEY!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.151.179.162 ( talk) 21:59, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
ERROR HERE: "melting is caused by one or more of three processes: an increase in temperature, a decrease in pressure," SHOULD BE "increase in pressure" NOT "decrease in pressure". Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.7.224.211 17:36, 24 October 2016 (UTC)
First section of this article has been vandalized with crude sexual humor. I'm not sure how to fix this problem.
Also found that when I clicked on the sandbox, a lude illustration came up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.113.87.224 ( talk) 00:09, 29 May 2009 (UTC)
"igneous rocks can be either intrusive (plutonic), extrusive (volcanic) "
Intrusive/plutonic and extrusive/volcanic are not synonyms! A near surface lava sill is volcanic, but it is not extrusive. A dyke is intrusive, but it is not plutonic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.38.62.211 ( talk) 08:36, 21 November 2009 (UTC)
Do you think this chart would be proper for the page?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Igneous_Rock_Chart.PNG
There is also one for sedimentary and metamorphic. Andrew Colvin ( talk) 00:07, 4 January 2010 (UTC)
the igneous rock has other rocks such as:granite,basalt,obsidian,pumic. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.27.86.49 ( talk) 22:06, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
I tagged the statement that 95% of the crust is igneous and the rest metamorphic or sedimentary. That seems dubious to me - are any rocks at a depth of several km igneous? I can't access the page that is cited, but I can access this page, which says that 90-95% of the crust is igneous and metamorphic. RockMagnetist ( talk) 16:09, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
If I recall correctly old terms for Felsic, Intermediate, Mafic and Ultra Mafic were Acidic, Intermediate, Basic, Ultra Basic. It looks like the Felsic article mentions it
Quote:
In modern usage, the term acid rock, although sometimes used as a synonym, refers to a high-silica-content (greater than 63% SiO2 by weight) volcanic rock, such as rhyolite. The term was used more broadly in older geologic literature. It is considered archaic now, as the terms "acidic" and "basic rock" were based on an incorrect idea, dating from the 19th century, that silicic acid was the chief form of silicon occurring in rocks.
but I'd have thought there should be a mention somewhere on this page, and I guess it needs a reliable source too. EdwardLane ( talk) 02:00, 21 April 2012 (UTC)
I think this section should be added or similar that talks about the physical characteristics of rocks. RonRodex ( talk) 01:09, 12 May 2012 (UTC)
It is a good though, it should be added Zaneliswa ( talk) 10:03, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
I came here looking for a reference to stick into the Volcanism#Forming_rocks section (it probably ought to be called lithification but that rather interestingly redirects to diagenisis with no mention of solidification of igneous material), but I see lots of unsourced bits in this article. I don't doubt they are likely to be correct but I had thought igneous rock was formed by the 'crystalization' of magma/lava - but the lede here says
Igneous rock is formed through the cooling and solidification of magma or lava. Igneous rock may form with or without crystallization, either below the surface as intrusive (plutonic) rocks or on the surface as extrusive (volcanic) rocks.
There might be a suitable reference in rock (geology)#Rock_classification but it's to a book, so harder to check. Solidification seems safe to use I agree, but are there igneous rocks that are not crystaline? Is it volcanic glass we're talking about or have I missed something else obvious? I'll change the volcanism article to say cools and solidifies (as that seems a safe short term solution). The rather stubby Formation of rocks looks to have the same issue (saying 'crystalised' from a magma/melt) using a reference from encyclopedia brittanica. EdwardLane ( talk) 11:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
There is some kind of protection on the article and I cannot edit it. Can anyone else put this in the "External links " section? The IUGS systematics of igneous rocks It can also be used to source a bunch of stuff in the article. KatieBoundary ( talk) 01:31, 13 March 2013 (UTC)
I don't get at all the chart, "basic classification scheme for igneous rocks based on their mineralogy". The chart has a Y axis labeled with "vol% of minerals". The caption is no help since it says:
So does that mean that a rock can have "0% minerals" and simultaneously be composed of the minerals, amphibole or olivine? Well, that's what the chart appears to be claiming. -- KarlHallowell ( talk) 17:01, 28 November 2013 (UTC)
This page is in serious need of references. Chestmas ( talk) 17:31, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
@
GeoWriter and
Andy Dingley: Of course there are igneous rocks on both worlds. But the sentence "the surface of the Moon and large parts of the surface of Mars are composed of igneous rock
" is not correct. The surface of the moon is almost exclusively covered with
regolith, thinner on the
lunar maria than in the
terrae. Even if you insist that the maria represent igneous rock, they make up only 16% of the surface area of the Moon. The rest is heavily modified by eons of bombardment. (See
[1], p. 3 and p. 12.)
Mars is more obviously volcanic in areas, especially the northern half. But there are and have been forces at work there reworking the surface: there is much evidence of fluid flow and sediment deposition, active aeolian deposits and erosion, and of course the ubiquitous cratering in the older areas. So the addendum "owing to a lack of the atmospheric processes that develop sedimentary rocks on Earth
" just adds another layer of mistaken assumptions.
I would prefer wording that talks about the
crust being composed of igneous rocks, instead of the surface. Or maybe something like evidence of igneous rocks on the moon include large areas of basalt flows in the maria, and volcanoes have erupted on Mars in the past.
(Only better) —
Gorthian (
talk) 01:31, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
The underlying bedrock of the maria is basaltic....Mare basalt typically extends hundreds of meters below the surface and locally reaches depths of about 5 km.
At least the upper few kilometers of the terra crust consists of breccia, a rock type composed of angular fragments (clasts) set in a finer-grained matrix.
Okay, here's a potential sentence and source:
Igneous rocks are found in abundance on all of the terrestrial planets and on the Moon.[2]
Thoughts? — Gorthian ( talk) 22:01, 22 February 2017 (UTC)
References
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